American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 5 , Pages 620-625 , 1 March 2009

Presence and Extent of Coronary Artery Disease by Cardiac Computed Tomography and Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cocaine Users Among Patients With Chest Pain

  • Fabian Bamberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Christopher L. Schlett, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Quynh A. Truong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ian S. Rogers, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Wolfgang Koenig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm, Germany
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  • John T. Nagurney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Sujith Seneviratne, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Sam J. Lehman, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Suhny Abbara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Javed Butler, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Hang Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-726-1255; fax: 617-643-0954

Received 25 September 2008 ,Revised 9 November 2008 ,Accepted 9 November 2008.

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 This work was supported by Grant R0-1HL0800-53 from the National Institutes of Health and in part supported by Siemens Medical Solutions, Forcheim, Germany, and General Electric, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drs. Rogers and Truong received support from NIH grant T32HL076136.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01997-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.011

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 5 , Pages 620-625 , 1 March 2009

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