Erschienen in:
01.03.2008 | Editorial Comment
Cardiac imaging at the emergency department is a must!
The role of cardiac computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of acute chest pain in the emergency department
verfasst von:
L. H. B. Baur
Erschienen in:
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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Ausgabe 3/2008
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Excerpt
In 2001 more than 5.6 million patients visited the emergency departments in the United States because of chest pain [
1]. Of these 1.4 million patients were admitted with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). At this moment no data are available for the European Community. ACS is used to describe acute myocardial infarction, and unstable angina pectoris. In its lack of specificity, the term ACS reflects the difficulty in differentiating between myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris at the time of presentation [
2]. …