Comparative Trends and Downstream Outcomes of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and Cardiac Stress Testing in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain: An Administrative Claims Analysis.

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Coronary computerized tomography angiography (CCTA) is a rapidly emerging technology for the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department (ED). We assessed trends in CCTA use and compared downstream healthcare utilization between CCTA and cardiac stress testing modalities.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Acad Emerg Med

Title: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 1553-2712

ISSN (Print): 1069-6563

Publication date (Electronic): September 2016

Volume: 23

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.

[2 ] Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[3 ] Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[4 ] Division of Healthcare Policy and Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[5 ] Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[6 ] Optum Labs, Cambridge, MA.

[7 ] Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[8 ] Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. hess.erik@mayo.edu.

[9 ] Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. hess.erik@mayo.edu.

[10 ] Division of Healthcare Policy and Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. hess.erik@mayo.edu.

[11 ] Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. hess.erik@mayo.edu.

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DOI: 10.1111/acem.13005

PubMed ID: 27155236

SO-VID: 881b6dc3-f11e-4c10-9092-0fbc6d6912b5

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