Sixty-four-slice computed tomography of the coronary arteries: Cost-effectiveness analysis of patients presenting to the emergency department with low-risk chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 623-632

  Khare, Rahul K ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a   Powell, Emilie S ^a   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a   Lee, Todd A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Computed tomography of the coronary arteries; Cost effectiveness; Echocardiography; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATION UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56849083227     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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