Comparative diagnostic yield and 3-month outcomes of "triple rule-out" and standard protocol coronary CT angiography in the evaluation of acute chest pain

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-171

  Madder, Ryan D ^a   Raff, Gilbert L ^a   Hickman, Leaden ^a   Foster, Nathan J ^a   McMurray, Mark D ^a   Carlyle, Lynn M ^a   Boura, Judith A ^a   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Aortic dissection; Chest pain; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Triple rule out

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958742935     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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