ACR appropriateness criteria® acute nonspecific chest pain - Low probability of coronary artery disease

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 745-750

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Venkatesh, Vikram ^a   White, Richard D ^b   Woodard, Pamela K ^c   Carr, J Jeffrey ^d   Dorbala, Sharmila ^e,f   Earls, James P ^g   Jacobs, Jill E ^h   Mammen, Leena ⁱ   Martin III, Edward T ^j,k   Ryan, Thomas ^k,l   White, Charles S ^m  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Society of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^g Fairfax Radiological Consultants   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Advanced Radiology Services   (United States)

^j Oklahoma Heart Institute   (United States)

^k AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^l OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Appropriateness criteria; clinical indications; computed tomography; low risk acute chest pain; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84926231363     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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