SCCT guidelines on the use of coronary computed tomographic angiography for patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department: A Report of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography guidelines committee

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 254-271

  Raff, Gilbert L ^a   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^b   Garcia, Mario T ^c   Hecht, Harvey S ^d   Hollander, Judd E ^e   O'Neil, Brian ^f   Taylor, Allen J ^g   Hoffmann, Udo ^h  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907304845     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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