Acute chest pain with normal coronary angiogram: Role of contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography in the differential diagnosis between myocarditis and myocardial infarction

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-232

  Boussel, Loic ^a,b,c   Gamondes, Delphine ^b   Staat, Patrick ^b   Elicker, Brett M ^a   Revel, Didier ^b   Douek, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed enhancement; MRI; MSCT; Myocardial infarction; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CORONARY ARTERIES; DELAYED ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MSCT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITI; PATIENT ADMISSIONS; X-RAY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 41749119440     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181452199     Document Type: Article

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