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01-08-2007 | NASCI-ESCR Position Paper

Use of multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: a consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology

Authors: Arthur E. Stillman, Matthijs Oudkerk, Margaret Ackerman, Christoph R. Becker, Pawel E. Buszman, Pim J. de Feyter, Udo Hoffmann, Matthew T. Keadey, Riccardo Marano, Martin J. Lipton, Gilbert L. Raff, Gautham P. Reddy, Michael R. Rees, Geoffrey D. Rubin, U. Joseph Schoepf, Giuseppe Tarulli, Edwin J. R. van Beek, Lewis Wexler, Charles S. White

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 8/2007

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The diagnosis of patients with acute chest pain remains a challenging problem. There are approximately six million chest-pain-related emergency department visits annually in the U.S. alone[1]. Approximately 5.3% of all emergency department patients are seen because of chest pain and reported admission rates are between 30% and 72% for these patients [2]. …

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Title: Use of multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: a consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology
Authors: Arthur E. Stillman
Matthijs Oudkerk
Margaret Ackerman
Christoph R. Becker
Pawel E. Buszman
Pim J. de Feyter
Udo Hoffmann
Matthew T. Keadey
Riccardo Marano
Martin J. Lipton
Gilbert L. Raff
Gautham P. Reddy
Michael R. Rees
Geoffrey D. Rubin
U. Joseph Schoepf
Giuseppe Tarulli
Edwin J. R. van Beek
Lewis Wexler
Charles S. White
Publication date: 01-08-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 8/2007
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-007-0677-z

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