Utility of electron beam computed tomography to stratify patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain

Vallerie V. McLaughlin; Tamas Balogh; Stuart Rich

doi:10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00286-6

Utility of electron beam computed tomography to stratify patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain

Vallerie V. McLaughlin^*, Tamas Balogh, Stuart Rich

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Medicine, Cardiology Division

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One hundred thirty-four patients presenting to the emergency room with the chief complaint of chest pain were studied with electron beam computed tomography scan. Electron beam computed tomography scanning had a 98% negative predictive value in this setting.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	327-328
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Cardiology
Volume	84
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00286-6
State	Published - Aug 1 1999

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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