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Int J Cardiovasc Imaging · Jan 2016
ReviewCardiac CT angiography for evaluation of acute chest pain.
- Nam Ju Lee and Harold Litt.
- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jan 1; 32 (1): 101-12.
AbstractChest pain is the second most common emergency department (ED) presentation in the United States. Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) now plays an important role in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in the ED setting. In this article, we review the available techniques focused on the use of CCTA to evaluate patients fosr coronary atherosclerosis for timely triage of acute chest pain.
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