Diagnostic value of coronary artery calcium scoring in low-intermediate risk patients evaluated in the emergency department for acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-23

  Fernandez Friera, Leticia ^a   Garcia Alvarez, Ana ^a,b,c   Bagheriannejad Esfahani, Fatemeh ^a   Malick, Waqas ^a   Mirelis, Jesus G ^a,b   Sawit, Simonette T ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a,b   Sanz, Javier ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^a,d   Hermann, Luke K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650186481     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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