Current Role of Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Min Ji Son; Seung Min Yoo; Dongjun Lee; Hwa Yeon Lee; In Sup Song; Eun Ju Chun; Charles S White

doi:10.3390/diagnostics11020266

Current Role of Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Feb 9;11(2):266. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11020266.

Authors

Min Ji Son¹, Seung Min Yoo¹, Dongjun Lee², Hwa Yeon Lee³, In Sup Song⁴, Eun Ju Chun⁵, Charles S White⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Bundang 13497, Korea.
² Military Service in Korean Army, Hongcheon 25117, Korea.
³ Smile Radiologic Clinic, Seoul 33066, Korea.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Chun Ju Jesus General Hospital, Chun Ju 54987, Korea.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam 13620, Korea.
⁶ Department of Radiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

Abstract

This review article provides an overview regarding the role of computed tomography (CT) in the evaluation of acute chest pain (ACP) in the emergency department (ED), focusing on characteristic CT findings.

Keywords: acute chest pain; acute coronary syndrome; computed tomography; coronary CT angiography.

Publication types

Review