Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 142-143 , March 2010

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

  • Vahid Etezadi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
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  • Constantino Pena, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
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  • Angelo La-Pietra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
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  • Jack A. Ziffer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
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  • Barry T. Katzen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
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  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 January 2010.

References 

  1. Hoffmann U, Ferencik M, Cury RC, Pena AJ. Coronary CT angiography. J Nucl Med. 2006;47:797–806
  2. Cury RC, Feutchner G, Pena CS, Janowitz WR, Katzen BT, Ziffer JA. Acute chest pain imaging in the emergency department with cardiac computed tomography angiography. J Nucl Cardiol. 2008;15:564–575

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00015-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.012

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 142-143 , March 2010