The Value of Dual-source 64-Slice CT Coronary Angiography in the Assessment of Patients Presenting to an Acute Chest Pain Service

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Hansen, Mark ^a   Ginns, Jonathan ^a   Seneviratne, Sujith ^a   Slaughter, Richard ^a   Premaranthe, Manuja ^a   Samardhi, Himabindu ^a   Harker, Jodi ^a   Lai, Tony ^a   Walters, Darren L ^a   Bett, Nicholas ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain assessment; Computed tomography coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN;

EID: 77649235285     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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