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Erschienen in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 3/2013

01.06.2013 | Cardiac Computed Tomography (TC Villines and S Achenbach, Section Editors)

Coronary CT Angiography in the Emergency Department: Current Status

verfasst von: Abhay N. Bilolikar, Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan

Erschienen in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports | Ausgabe 3/2013

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Abstract

In the United States alone, nearly 7 million patients present annually to emergency departments (ED) with complaints of chest pain suspicious for acute coronary ischemia. Acute chest pain represents a clinical as well as economic challenge, resulting in elaborate, time-consuming, and expensive work-ups to avoid litigation related to missed diagnoses of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is an attractive noninvasive technique with promising data for use in the ED due to its high accuracy and negative predictive value. Recent studies have demonstrated that coronary CTA can aid in safe, rapid, and cost-efficient triage of patients with acute chest pain. Additional applications of plaque characterization, fractional flow analysis, and CT perfusion imaging hold promise in providing incremental data in patients with suspected ACS.
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Metadaten
Titel
Coronary CT Angiography in the Emergency Department: Current Status
verfasst von
Abhay N. Bilolikar
Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2013
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1941-9066
Elektronische ISSN: 1941-9074
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-013-9196-2

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