Chest Pain of Uncertain Aetiology: Role of Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department.

We report a case where non ECG gated contrast enhanced CT in the emergency department for rule-out of pulmonary embolus guided to the actual diagnosis, which was, acute coronary event, as evidenced by the presence of perfusion defect. PMID: 27733870 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733870?dopt=Abstract

Source: Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal - October 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Open Cardiovasc Med J Source Type: research

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