Open AccessWill Ct Coronary Angiography Revolutionise Emergency Department Chest Pain Evaluation?
Author(s) -
Kelly AnneMaree
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790801500201
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , chest pain , coronary angiography , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing , myocardial infarction
Correspondence to: Anne-Maree Kelly, MD, MClinEd, FACEM Sunshine Hospital, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Furlong Road, St Albans 3021, Australia Email: Anne-Maree.Kelly@wh.org.au Assessment and investigation of patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with chest pain is an increasing challenge world-wide. In the US, nontraumatic chest pain contributes to approximately 4.6 million ED visits, an average of 22.7 visits per 1000 people. Extrapolating this to developed and developing countries gives a frightening estimation of the magnitude of the problem.