Evaluation of acute chest pain in the emergency department: Triple rule-out computed tomography angiography

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Yoon, Yeonyee E ^a   Wann, Samuel ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; multi detector computed tomography; triple rule out

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER; ESTROGEN; GADOLINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 79955094440     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31820f1501     Document Type: Review

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