Cardiac computed tomography in patients with symptomatic new-onset atrial fibrillation, rule-out acute coronary syndrome, but with intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease admitted to a chest pain unit

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD) may be encountered coincidently in a large portion of patients. However, data on coronary artery calcium burden in such patients are lacking. Thus, we sought to determine the value of cardiac computed tomography (CCT) in patients...

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Autores principales: Koopmann, Matthias, Hinrichs, Liane, Olligs, Jan, Lichtenberg, Michael, Eckardt, Lars, Böse, Dirk, Möhlenkamp, Stefan, Waltenberger, Johannes, Breuckmann, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-018-0303-3

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