Incremental diagnostic value of regional left ventricular function over coronary assessment by cardiac computed tomography for the detection of acute coronary syndrome in patients with acute chest pain from the ROMICAT trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-383

  Seneviratne, Sujith K ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Rogers, Ian S ^a   Shapiro, Michael D ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Chae, Claudia U ^a   Cury, Ricardo ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Nagurney, John T ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Computed tomography; Emergency Department; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955505383     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.892638     Document Type: Article

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