Yassin, F., Sawh, C. and Garg, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-5483-169X (2016) Chest Pain of Uncertain Aetiology: Role of Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography in the Emergency Department. The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, 10 (1). pp. 205-211. ISSN: 1874-1924
Abstract
There is increasing role of computed tomographic (CT) in the assessment of acute chest pain in the emergency department especially when the diagnosis is not clear. 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.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Yassin et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. Open-Access License: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | ACS; Contrast CT; MI; Perfusion defect |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2018 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2025 15:59 |
| Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.2174/1874192401610010205 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Bentham Open |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.2174/1874192401610010205 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128994 |

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