Keywords
aortic dissection
chest pain
emergency department
pleural disease
pericardial disease
pulmonary embolism
triple rule-out MDCT-angiography
How to Cite
Abstract
One of the most common symptoms encountered in emergency rooms (ER) is chest pain. It does not only have cardiac origin, differential diagnoses include vascular origin of pain as acute aortic dissection and pulmonary origin of pain such as pulmonary embolism.
Several articles have demonstrated the importance and accuracy of a triple rule-out (TRO) multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCT-angiography) for managing chest pain in the ER. This article is a review of the “TRO” MDCT-angiography for chest pain in ER.
While there are many exams for every clinical diagnosis, there is no diagnostic technique that can provide as comprehensive evaluation and allow quick diagnostic orientation and targeted taking care for chest pain in the emergency department as TRO MDCT-angiography.
TRO MDCT-angiography is the examination of choice to perform in the emergency department for patient with chest pain. It can assess the coronary arteries, the pulmonary arteries, the thoracic aorta and other thoracic diseases.
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