Usefulness of 64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography in Diagnostic Triage of Patients With Chest Pain and Negative or Nondiagnostic Exercise Treadmill Test Result

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 925-929

  Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a,c   Halon, David A ^a,c   Gaspar, Tamar ^a,c   Schliamser, Jorge E ^a   Yaniv, Nisan ^a   Ammar, Ronny ^b,c   Flugelman, Moshe Y ^a,c   Peled, Nathan ^a,c   Lewis, Basil S ^a,c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 33847257758     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.10.059     Document Type: Article

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