Utilization of coronary computed tomography angiography for exclusion of coronary artery disease in ED patients with low- to intermediate-risk chest pain: A 1-year experience

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1706-1711

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Domingo, Anna ^a   Thode, Henry C ^a   Daubert, Melissa ^b   Vainrib, Alan F ^b   Ferraro, Summer ^b   Minton, Amee ^b   Poon, Annie ^a   Henry, Mark C ^a   Poon, Michael ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURBAN AREA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84869202116     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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