Coronary computed tomographic angiography for rapid discharge of low-risk patients with potential acute coronary syndromes.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on November 08, 2008

Authors

Judd E Hollander1, Anna Marie Chang, Frances S Shofer, Christine M McCusker, William G Baxt, Harold I Litt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Strategy for the Management of Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Detectable to Elevated Troponin (CMR-IMPACT) | NCT01931852

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