The potential role for the use of cardiac computed tomography angiography for the acute chest pain patient in the emergency department: A cautionary viewpoint

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Hendel, Robert ^a   Dahdah, Naim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Hospitalist Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951679073     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9329-9     Document Type: Article

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