Coronary and cardiac computed tomography in the emergency room: Current status and future directions

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 204-216

  Cook, Tessa S ^a   Galperin Aizenberg, Maya ^a   Litt, Harold I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; coronary computed tomography angiography; emergency department

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84879910836     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182956bbf     Document Type: Review

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