A comparison of Diamond Forrester and coronary calcium scores as gatekeepers for investigations of stable chest pain

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1547-1555

  McKavanagh, Peter ^a,b   Lusk, Lisa ^a   Ball, Peter A ^a   Trinick, Tom R ^a   Duly, Ellie ^a   Walls, Gerard M ^a   Orr, Clare ^a   Harbinson, Mark T ^b   Donnelly, Patrick M ^a,b  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Diamond Forrester; Risk stratification; Stable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAMOND FORRESTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84893682470     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0226-6     Document Type: Article

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