Cardiac computed tomography in the emergency department: A patient with acute epigastric pain

Vahid Etezadi; Constantino Pena; Angelo La-Pietra; Jack A Ziffer; Barry T Katzen; Ricardo C Cury

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.012

Cardiac computed tomography in the emergency department: A patient with acute epigastric pain

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2010 Mar-Apr;4(2):142-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.012. Epub 2010 Jan 21.

Authors

Vahid Etezadi¹, Constantino Pena, Angelo La-Pietra, Jack A Ziffer, Barry T Katzen, Ricardo C Cury

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Department of Radiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, FL 33176, USA.

PMID: 20430347
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.012

Abstract

We report the application of coronary CT angiogram in urgent assessment of a patient presenting to the emergency department with acute and nonspecific cardiothoracic symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / surgery
Chest Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Chest Pain / surgery
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*