Imaging evaluation of acute chest pain: Systematic review of evidence base and cost-effectiveness

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 289-295

  Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Marcus, Roy P ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^c   Johnson, Thorsten R ^a   Nance, John W ^d   Hoffmann, Udo ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; cardiac computed tomography; cost effectiveness; evidencebased medicine; magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865724647     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182628053     Document Type: Article

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