Coronary angiographic evaluation of low-risk chest pain in the emergency department: CT-stat, or maybe not quite that fast?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1423-1425

  Salerno, Michael ^a,b   Bourque, Jamieson M ^a,b   Beller, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; coronary computed tomography; cost of care; diagnostic effectiveness; emergency department

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 80052991200     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.05.048     Document Type: Editorial

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