Sex differences in the effectiveness of early coronary computed tomographic angiography compared with standard emergency department evaluation for acute chest pain: The rule-out myocardial infarction with computer-assisted tomography (ROMICAT)-II trial

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2494-2502

  Truong, Quynh A ^a   Hayden, Douglas ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^b   Kirby, Ruth ^c   Chou, Eric T ^d   Nagurney, John T ^a   Wiviott, Stephen D ^e   Fleg, Jerome L ^c   Schoenfeld, David A ^a   Udelson, James E ^f   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; emergency service, hospital; sex; tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879546194     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.001736     Document Type: Article

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