Cardiac CT offers a better, cost-effective approach to diagnose low-risk chest pain patients
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:49
in Health & Medicine
Using cardiac CT to diagnose low risk patients with chest pain is significantly cheaper--44% less than the standard of care--and can decrease the length of hospital stay up to 20 hours, according to a study performed at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
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