Coronary computerized tomography angiography for rapid discharge of low-risk patients with cocaine-associated chest pain

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Walsh, Kristy M ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^a   Perrone, Jeanmarie ^a   McCusker, Christine M ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Collin, Mark J ^a   Litt, Harold I ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Cocaine; Complications; Computerized tomography; Observation units; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; THORAX PAIN; URINALYSIS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350435681     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161220     Document Type: Article

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