Cardiovascular CT in the emergency department

Asim Rizvi; James K. Min

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28219-0_27

Cardiovascular CT in the emergency department

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Abstract

Acute-onset chest pain is one of the most common presentations in the emergency department (ED) and despite a thorough, time intensive, and costly ED evaluation utilizing the standard strategy, there is a non-negligible clinical risk of missed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with 2-5 % of these patients being discharged inappropriately. The resultant consequences are, increased risk of short and long term mortality. This chapter discusses the current role of cardiac computed tomography in the evaluation of patients with acute chest pain in the ED and evaluates the current evidence supporting accuracy and safety of cardiac computed tomography, as well as it’s ability to reduce ED cost.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Cardiac CT Imaging
Subtitle of host publication	Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	549-559
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319282190
ISBN (Print)	9783319282176
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28219-0_27
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute coronary syndrome
Cardiac
Chest pain
Coronary computed tomography angiography
Emergency department

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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