Use of multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: A consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Stillman, Arthur E ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^b   Ackerman, Margaret ^c   Becker, Christoph R ^d   Buszman, Pawel E ^e   Feyter, Pim J ^f   Hoffmann, Udo ^g,h   Keadey, Matthew T ^a   Marano, Riccardo ^a,i   Lipton, Martin J ^a,j   Raff, Gilbert L ^a,k   Reddy, Gautham P ^a,j   Rees, Michael R ^a,l   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a,m   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a,n   Tarulli, Giuseppe ^a,o   van Beek, Edwin J R ^a,p   Wexler, Lewis ^a,m   White, Charles S ^a,q  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Upper Silesian Heart Center Katowice   (Poland)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^m STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^o HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; EUROPE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOLOGIST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547163509     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9226-8     Document Type: Article

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