Design of the rule out myocardial ischemia/infarction using computer assisted tomography: A multicenter randomized comparative effectiveness trial of cardiac computed tomography versus alternative triage strategies in patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a,b   Truong, Quynh A ^a,b   Fleg, Jerome L ^c   Goehler, Alexander ^a,b   Gazelle, Scott ^a,b   Wiviott, Stephen ^a,b,d   Lee, Hang ^a,b   Udelson, James E ^e   Schoenfeld, David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84862828899     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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