Coronary CTA costs less than standard of care for triaging women with acute chest pain
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA...
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