Highly sensitive troponin and coronary computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 2397-2405c

  Ferencik, Maros ^a,b   Hoffmann, Udo ^b   Bamberg, Fabian ^c   Januzzi, James L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Highly sensitive troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE TROPONIN ASSAY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84983406192     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw005     Document Type: Review

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