Coronary CT Angiography for Suspected ACS in the Era of High-Sensitivity Troponins Randomized Multicenter Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-26

  Dedic, Admir ^a   Lubbers, Marisa M ^a   Schaap, Jeroen ^b   Lammers, Jeronymus ^c   Lamfers, Evert J ^d   Rensing, Benno J ^e   Braam, Richard L ^f   Nathoe, Hendrik M ^g   Post, Johannes C ^c   Nielen, Tim ^d   Beelen, Driek ^b   Le Cocq D'Armandville, Marie Claire ^f   Rood, Pleunie P M ^a   Schultz, Carl J ^a,h   Moelker, Adriaan ^a   Ouhlous, Mohamed ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; diagnosis; emergency department; Key Words chest pain

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD OPTIMAL CARE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN;

EID: 84952932402     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.045     Document Type: Article

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