Cardiac computed tomography in the emergency department: A patient with acute epigastric pain

Vahid Etezadi, Constantino Pena, Angelo La-Pietra, Jack A Ziffer, Barry T Katzen, Ricardo C Cury

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Abstract

We report the application of coronary CT angiogram in urgent assessment of a patient presenting to the emergency department with acute and nonspecific cardiothoracic symptoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142-3
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Acute Disease
  • Aortic Dissection/diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/diagnostic imaging
  • Chest Pain/diagnostic imaging
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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