A comparison of cardiac computerized tomography and exercise stress electrocardiogramtest for the investigation of stable chest pain: The clinical results of the CAPP randomized prospective trial

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 441-448

  McKavanagh, P ^a,b   Lusk, L ^a   Ball, P A ^a   Verghis, R M ^c   Agus, A M ^c   Trinick, T R ^a   Duly, E ^a   Walls, G M ^a   Stevenson, M ^c   James, B ^a   Hamilton, A ^a   Harbinson, M T ^b   Donnelly, P M ^a,b  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac computerized tomography; Exercise stress electrocardiogram; Stable chest pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEATTLE ANGINA QUESTIONNAIRE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930656263     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu284     Document Type: Article

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