Utility of coronary computed tomography to rule out acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department: A pilot study;Estudio piloto de la utilidad de la tomografía computarizada cardiaca para descartar síndrome coronario agudo en urgencias

Emergencias

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Miró, Òscar ^a   Ortiz Pérez, José Tomás ^a   León, Rafael ^a   López, Beatriz ^a   Perea, Rosario ^a   de Caralt, Teresa M ^a   Sitges, Marta ^a   Paré, Carles ^a   Bosch, Xavier ^a   Bragulat, Ernest ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Chest pain; Coronary arteriography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954841972     PISSN: 11376821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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