Role of multidetector computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of patients attending the rapid access chest pain clinic, The Scottish computed tomography of the heart (SCOT-HEART) trial: Study protocol for randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Newby, David E ^a   Williams, Michelle C ^a   Flapan, Andrew D ^b   Forbes, John F ^c   Hargreaves, Allister D ^d   Leslie, Stephen J ^e   Lewis, Steff C ^a   McKillop, Graham ^b   McLean, Scott ^f   Reid, John H ^g   Sprat, James C ^d   Uren, Neal G ^b   van Beek, Edwin J ^h   Boon, Nicholas A ^a   Clark, Liz ⁱ   Craig, Peter ^j   Flather, Marcus D ^k   McCormack, Chiara ^a   Roditi, Giles ^l,m   Timmis, Adam D ⁿ   Krishan, Ashma ^a   Donaldson, Gillian ^g   Fotheringham, Marlene ^g   Hall, Fiona J ^g   Neary, Paul ^g   Cram, Louisa ^d   Perkins, Sarah ^d   Taylor, Fiona ^d   Eteiba, Hany ^l   Rae, Alan P ^l   Robb, Kate ^l   Barrie, Dawn ^o   Bissett, Kim ^o   Dawson, Adelle ^o   Dundas, Scot ^o   Fogarty, Yvonne ^o   Ramkumar, Prasad Guntur ^o   Houston, Graeme J ^o   Letham, Deborah ^o   O'Neill, Linda ^o   Pringle, Stuart D ^o   Ritchie, Valerie ^o   Sudarshan, Thiru ^o   Weir McCall, Jonathan ^o   Cormack, Alistair ^p   Findlay, Iain N ^p   Hood, Stuart ^p   Murphy, Clare ^p   Peat, Eileen ^p   Allen, Barbara ^h   Baird, Andrew ^h   Bertram, Danielle ^h   Brian, David ^h   Cowan, Amy ^h   Cruden, Nicholas L ^b   Dweck, Marc R ^a   Flint, Laura ^b   Fyfe, Samantha ^h   Keanie, Collette ^b   MacGillivray, Tom J ^h   Maclachlan, David S ^a   MacLeod, Margaret ^b   Mirsadraee, Saeed ^h   Morrison, Avril ^b,q   Mills, Nicholas L ^a   Minns, Fiona C ^b   Phillips, Alyson ^b   Queripel, Laura J ^h   Weir, Nicholas W ^b,h   Bett, Fiona ^r   Divers, Frances ^r   Fairley, Katie ^r   Jacob, Ashok J ^r   Keegan, Edith ^r   White, Tricia ^r   Gemmill, John ^s   Henry, Margo ^s   McGowan, James ^s   Dinnel, Lorraine ^t   Francis, C Mark ^t   Sandeman, Dennis ^t   Yerramasu, Ajay ^t   Berry, Colin ^m   Boylan, Heather ^m   Brown, Ammani ^m   Duffy, Karen ^m   Frood, Alison ^m   Johnstone, Janet ^m   Lanaghan, Kirsten ^m   MacDuff, Ross ^m   MacLeod, Martin ^m   McGlynn, Deborah ^m   McMillan, Nigel ^m   Murdoch, Laura ^m   Noble, Colin ^m   Paterson, Victoria ^m   Steedman, Tracey ^m   Tzemos, Nikolaos ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Peninsula Heart and Stroke Network   (United Kingdom)

^j SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^r ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^s AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^t VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary heart disease; Rapid access chest pain clinic

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPEN STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84866931099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-184     Document Type: Article

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