Triple rule-out CT in the emergency department: Protocols and spectrum of imaging findings

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 789-799

  Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Appenzeller, Philippe ^a   Karlo, Christoph ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Schertler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Chest; Chest pain; CT

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LESION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; AGED; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62749124310     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1231-3     Document Type: Review

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