Responsible Use of computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease and chest pain

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-364

  Winchester, David E ^a   Wymer, David C ^b   Shifrin, Roger Y ^b   Kraft, Steven M ^a   Hill, James A ^a  

^a Department of Clinical and Health Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAC = coronary artery calcium; CAD = coronary artery disease; CT = computed tomography; CTA = coronary computed tomographic angiography; EBCT = electron beam CT; ED = emergency department; ICA = invasive coronary angiography; MDCT = multidetector helical CT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDLINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77950609466     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0652     Document Type: Review

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