Coronary artery calcium scoring in the emergency department: Identifying which patients with chest pain can be safely discharged home

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-229

  Nabi, Faisal ^a   Chang, Su Min ^a   Pratt, Craig M ^a   Paranilam, Jaya ^a   Peterson, Leif E ^a   Frias, Maria E ^a   Mahmarian, John J ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA; AGED; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN;

EID: 77950624262     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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