Three-Year Outcomes and Cost Analysis in Patients Receiving 64-Slice Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography for Chest Pain

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-500

  Fazel, Poorya ^a   Peterman, Mark A ^a   Schussler, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION HAZARD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849092851     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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