Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2409-2422

  Ladapo, Joseph A ^a,b   Jaffer, Farouc A ^b,c   Hoffmann, Udo ^b,c   Thomson, Carey C ^b,d   Bamberg, Fabian ^c,e   Dec, William ^c   Cutler, David M ^f   Weinstein, Milton C ^g   Gazelle, G Scott ^c,g  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography angiography; cost effectiveness; economics; outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71649105121     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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