Faculty Opinions recommendation of The CT-STAT (Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment) trial.

Author(s):  
Christopher Kramer
F1000Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Goyal ◽  
Arthur Stillman

Coronary computed tomographic angiography has become a reliable diagnostic tool in the evaluation of patients with chest pain. Studies have shown this modality to be accurate and safe when compared with conventional methods of assessing patients with chest pain. We review the recent developments with coronary computed tomographic angiography and devote particular attention toward its application to triage patients in the emergency department.


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