Sixty-four-slice computed tomographic coronary angiography: will the "triple rule out" change chest pain evaluation in the ED?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-375

  Schussler, Jeffrey M ^a   Smith, E Reed ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIXTY FOUR SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847663856     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.08.014     Document Type: Review

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