American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 9 , Pages 1165-1170 , 1 November 2009

Usefulness of Age and Gender in the Early Triage of Patients With Acute Chest Pain Having Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography

  • Fabian Bamberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (617) 643-0248; fax: (617) 643-0248
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  • Quynh A. Truong, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ron Blankstein, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, 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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  • Ian S. Rogers, MD, MBA, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Stephan Achenbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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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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  • Maximilian F. Reiser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

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

Received 13 April 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.029

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 9 , Pages 1165-1170 , 1 November 2009

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