Calcium score to evaluate chest pain in the emergency room

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-93

  Staniak, Henrique Lane ^a   Bittencourt, Márcio Sommer ^a   Sharovsky, Rodolfo ^a   Benseñor, Isabela ^a   Olmos, Rodrigo Diaz ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium metabolism; Chest pain; Computed tomography; Coronary disease

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873421326     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2013000100014     Document Type: Article

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