Diagnostic role of coronary calcium scoring in the rapid access chest pain clinic: Prospective evaluation of NICE guidance

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 886-892

  Yerramasu, Ajay ^a   Lahiri, Avijit ^a,b   Venuraju, Shreenidhi ^a   Dumo, Alain ^a   Lipkin, David ^a   Underwood, S Richard ^c,d   Rakhit, Roby D ^e   Patel, Deven J ^e  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CADdiagnosis; Coronary calcium; CT coronary angiography; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; NICE chest pain guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; ALGORITHM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904050959     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu011     Document Type: Article

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