Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 109-114 , April 2007

Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Utility of Multidetector Computed Tomography

  • Jean Jeudy, MD
    • ,
  • Charles S. White, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Charles S. White, MD, Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.006

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 109-114 , April 2007

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