Is coronary computed tomography angiography a resource sparing strategy in the risk stratification and evaluation of acute chest pain? Results of a randomized controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 458-467

  Miller, Adam H ^a,b   Pepe, Paul E ^a   Peshock, Ron ^b   Bhore, Rafia ^b   Yancy, Clyde C ^c   Xuan, Lei ^b   Miller, Margarita M ^b   Huet, Gisselle R ^b   Trimmer, Clayton ^b   Davis, Rene ^b   Chason, Rebecca ^b   Kashner, Micheal T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79956152061     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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