Coronary computed tomography and triple rule out CT in patients with acute chest pain and an intermediate cardiac risk profile. Part 1: Impact on patient management

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-105

  Gruettner, Joachim ^b   Fink, Christian ^a   Walter, Thomas ^b   Meyer, Mathias ^a   Apfaltrer, Paul ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^c   Saur, Joachim ^b   Sueselbeck, Tim ^b   Traunwieser, Dominik ^b   Takx, Richard ^c   Kralev, Stefan ^b   Borggrefe, Martin ^b   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Henzler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Risk stratification; Triple rule out CT

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; TRIPLE RULE OUT COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871718390     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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