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  • Title: Can ECG-gated MDCT be considered an obligatory step to plan and manage a new chest-pain unit?
    Author: Runza G, Alaimo V, La Grutta L, Galia M, Basile A, Cademartiri F, Krestin GP, Midiri M.
    Journal: Eur J Radiol; 2007 Oct; 64(1):48-53. PubMed ID: 17681446.
    Abstract:
    The recent improvements in multi-detector computed tomography technology and its application in cardiac field allow to consider this non-invasive imaging technique as a promising comprehensive method for detecting significant coronary stenoses in a chest-pain unit. The possibility to use the ECG-synchronisation acquisition protocol, normally limited to the cardiac volume, for the entire thoracic vascular system should have the remarkable potential to reduce invasive and non-invasive procedures actually used to investigate acute chest pain and the number of unnecessary hospital admissions without reducing appropriate admissions in patients with chest pain.
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