Coronary CT angiography for acute chest pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-376

  Redberg, Rita F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84864272755     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1206040     Document Type: Editorial

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