Use of multislice CT for the evaluation of emergency room patients with chest pain: The so-called "triple rule-out"

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-99

  Gallagher, Michael J ^a   Raff, Gilbert L ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Angiography; Computed tomography; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 38549166669     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21398     Document Type: Review

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