Clinical Outcomes after Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Versus Usual Care: A Meta-Analysis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer ^a   Hulten, Edward A ^a   Murthy, Venkatesh L ^a   Cheezum, Michael ^a   Rochitte, Carlos E ^a   Carli, Marcelo F Di ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; chest pain; coronary angiography; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; stable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84968810530     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.004419     Document Type: Article

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