Coronary computed tomography angiography for early triage of patients with acute chest pain: the ROMICAT (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography) trial.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on May 05, 2009

Authors

Udo Hoffmann1, Fabian Bamberg, Claudia U Chae, John H Nichols, Ian S Rogers, Sujith K Seneviratne, Quynh A Truong, Ricardo C Cury, Suhny Abbara, Michael D Shapiro, Jamaluddin Moloo, Javed Butler, Maros Ferencik, Hang Lee, Ik-Kyung Jang, Blair A Parry, David F Brown, James E Udelson, Stephan Achenbach, Thomas J Brady, John T Nagurney

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. uhoffmann@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

The Supplementary Role of Non-invasive Imaging to Routine Clinical Practice in Suspected Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (CARMENTA) | NCT01559467

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

Trial of Cardiac CT in Acute Chest Patients With Intermediate Level Initial High-sensitivity Cardiac Troponin (PROTECCT) | NCT03583320

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