Cardiac CT for acute chest pain in the emergency department: Advantages of prospective triggering

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Knowles, Negar G ^a   Patel, Smita ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronarycta; Emergency department; Prospectively triggeed; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; GATED IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 67849094404     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9419-9     Document Type: Article

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