Coronary computed tomography angiography versus radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with chest pain admitted to telemetry: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 174-183

  Levsky, Jeffrey M ^a   Spevack, Daniel M ^a   Travin, Mark I ^a   Menegus, Mark A ^a   Huang, Paul W ^a   Clark, Elana T ^b   Kim, Choo Won ^c   Hirschhorn, Esther ^d   Freeman, Katherine D ^e   Tobin, Jonathan N ^d   Haramati, Linda B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northwell Health   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Extrapolate Statistics ^*  (United States)

^e Extrapolate Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TELEMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938778318     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2948     Document Type: Article

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