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

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 168-176

  Wilson, Sean R ^a   Min, James K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; 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: 79951679367     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9328-x     Document Type: Article

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