Use of Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning beyond Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain: The ROMICAT II Trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pursnani, Amit ^a   Chou, Eric T ^d   Zakroysky, Pearl ^c   Deanõ, Roderick C ^e   Mamuya, Wilfred S ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^f   Nagurney, John T ^b   Fleg, Jerome L ^g   Lee, Hang ^c   Schoenfeld, David ^c   Udelson, James E ^h   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^e  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b Emergency Department   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; hospital emergency service; multidetector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCANNING; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX PAIN; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84928491126     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002225     Document Type: Article

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