The Diagnostic Accuracy of 64-Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography Compared With Stress Nuclear Imaging in Emergency Department Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-136

  Gallagher, Michael J ^a   Ross, Michael A ^a,b   Raff, Gilbert L ^a   Goldstein, James A ^a   O'Neill, William W ^a,b   O'Neil, Brian ^c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 33846241245     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.043     Document Type: Article

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