Coronary ct and the coronary calcium score, the future of ED risk stratification?

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Fernandez Frieraa, Leticia ^a,b   Garcia Alvarez, Ana ^b,c   Guzman, Gabriela ^b,d   Garciae, Mario J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary computed tomography; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CALCIUM; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84870260386     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340312801784989     Document Type: Article

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