Use of CCTA for the Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain–Some Resources.

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Tom Wade MD

Resources:

CT angiography for safe discharge of patients with possible acute coronary syndromes. [PubMed Abstract with numerous links to comments on the article]        [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 12;366(15):1393-403.

Coronary CT angiography versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain. [PubMed Abstract with numerous links to comments on the article] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 26;367(4):299-308.

The CT-STAT (Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment) trial. [PubMed Abstract with links to two comments] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Sep 27;58(14):1414-22.

 

 

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