Cardiac imaging at the emergency department is a must!: The role of cardiac computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of acute chest pain in the emergency department

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-344

  Baur, L H B ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY;

CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43449090446     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9280-2     Document Type: Editorial

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