Computed tomographic coronary artery calcium assessment for evaluating chest pain in the emergency department: Long-term outcome of a prospective blind study

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-322

  Laudon, Dennis A ^a   Behrenbeck, Thomas R ^a   Wood, Christina M ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Callahan, Christopher M ^b   Breen, Jerome F ^a   Vukov, Larry F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b St Francis Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS = acute coronary syndrome; CAC = coronary artery calcium; CAD = coronary artery disease; CI = confidence interval; CT = computed tomography; CTA = CT angiography; ECG = electrocardiography; ED = emergency department; IQR = interquartile range

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 77950609068     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0620     Document Type: Article

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