Role of computed tomography in the evaluation of acute chest pain

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Urbania, Thomas H ^a   Hope, Michael D ^a   Huffaker, Shannon D ^a   Reddy, Gautham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Aortic dissection; Chest pain; CT; Emergency department; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GOLD STANDARD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59649127182     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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