Low High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Zero Coronary Artery Calcium Score Identifies Coronary CT Angiography Candidates in Whom Further Testing Could be Avoided

Academic Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1060-1067

  Korley, Frederick K ^a   George, Richard T ^a   Jaffe, Allan S ^b   Rothman, Richard E ^a   Sokoll, Lori J ^a   Fernandez, Christopher ^a   Falk, Hayley ^a   Post, Wendy S ^a   Saheed, Mustapha O ^a   Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Berkowitz, Scott A ^a   Hill, Peter M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Emergency department; High sensitivity troponin; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN I; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84937973253     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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