Coronary computed tomography versus exercise testing in patients with stable chest pain: Comparative effectiveness and costs

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1268-1275

  Genders, Tessa S S ^a   Ferket, Bart S ^a   Dedic, Admir ^a   Galema, Tjebbe W ^a   Mollet, Nico R A ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^b   Nieman, Koen ^a   Myriam Hunink, M G ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Comparative cost effectiveness; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Stress electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY; STRESS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STANDARD OF CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881481557     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.151     Document Type: Article

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