Detecting Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department With Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 4 February 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 107 (4) , 531-537
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000047527.11221.29
Abstract
Background— Managing chest pain in the emergency department remains a challenge with current diagnostic strategies. We hypothesized that cardiac MRI could accurately identify patients with possible or probable acute coronary syndrome.Keywords
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