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

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

doi:10.1007/s00330-007-0677-z

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

Arthur E Stillman, Geoffrey D Rubin + Show 17 more

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The diagnosis of patients with acute chest pain remains a challenging problem. There are approximately 6 million chest pain related emergency department (ED) visits annually in the US alone [1]. Approximately 5.3% of all ED patients are seen because of chest pain and reported admission rates are between 30% and 72% for these patients [2]. Only 15–25% of patients presenting with acute chest pain are ultimately diagnosed as having an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Of those patients who were admitted to the chest pain unit, 44% ultimately had

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