TAC Coronario

CT-STAT: CCTA is faster and cheaper than MPI for diagnosis of low-risk chest pain in ER

Low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain can be diagnosed more efficiently with coronary computed-tomographic angiography (CCTA) than myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), results of trial published in the September 27, 2011 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggest

http://www.theheart.org/article/1281697.do

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http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00468325?term=Coronary+Computed+Tomographic+Angiography+for+Systematic+Triage+of+Acute+Chest+Pain+Patients+to+Treatment&rank=1