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CT angiography: front line for acute coronary syndromes now?

Sujith K Seneviratne, Fabian Bamberg, Udo Hoffmann

Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Correspondence to:
Dr U Hoffmann, Cardiac MR PE CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 165 Charles River Plaza Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA; uhoffmann{at}partners.org

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Abbreviations: ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CAD, coronary artery disease; CTA, CT angiography; ED, emergency department; ICA, invasive coronary angiography; LV, left ventricular; NPV, negative predictive value; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention

Keywords: coronary artery disease; computed tomography coronary angiography; acute coronary syndrome

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