Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Traditional Care: Comparison of One-Year Outcomes and Resource Use

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 460-468.e1

  Hollander, Judd E ^a   Gatsonis, Constantine ^c   Greco, Erin M ^c   Snyder, Bradley S ^c   Chang, Anna Marie ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^d   Singh, Harjit ^e   Litt, Harold I ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84951086883     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.014     Document Type: Article

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