Coronary CT angiography versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-308

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a,b   Truong, Quynh A ^a,b   Schoenfeld, David A ^a,b   Chou, Eric T ^g   Woodard, Pamela K ^h   Nagurney, John T ^a   Pope, J Hector ^c   Hauser, Thomas H ^b,d   White, Charles S ^j   Weiner, Scott G ^e   Kalanjian, Shant ^g   Mullins, Michael E ⁱ   Mikati, Issam ^l   Peacock, W Frank ^m   Zakroysky, Pearl ^a   Hayden, Douglas ^a   Goehler, Alexander ^a,b   Lee, Hang ^b   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b   Wiviott, Stephen D ^b,f   Fleg, Jerome L ^k   Udelson, James E ^e   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^l NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84864242034     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1201161     Document Type: Article

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