Chest pain CT in the emergency department: Watch out for the myocardium

Volume: 5, Pages: 202 - 208
Published: Jan 1, 2018
Abstract
To evaluate the frequency and relevance of hypodense myocardium (HM) encountered in patients undergoing chest-pain CT in the emergency department (ED).In this IRB-approved retrospective study, ECG-gated chest-pain CT examinations of 300 consecutive patients (mean age 60 ± 17 years) presenting with acute chest-pain to our ED were evaluated. Once ST-segment elevation infarction was excluded, chest-pain CT including the coronary arteries (rule-out...
Paper Details
Title
Chest pain CT in the emergency department: Watch out for the myocardium
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
Volume
5
Pages
202 - 208
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