Imaging: CT coronary angiography in low-risk, acute chest pain

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 615-616

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a   Maffei, Erica ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Giovanni XXIII Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867898857     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.130     Document Type: Short Survey

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