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AUTHOR
F. Lo Re
Comprehensive cardiovascular ECG-gated MDCT as a standard diagnostic tool in patients with acute chest pain
Acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and aortic dissection are diseases associated with acute chest pain and may lead to severe morbidity and mortality. These diseases may not be trivial to diagnose in the settings of emergency room. ECG-gated multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), already established for the assessment of pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection, provides reliable information regarding the triage of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the emergency room. MDCT recently appeared to be logistically feasible and a promising comprehensive method for the evaluation of cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain in emergency department patients. The possibility to sca…
Impatto del tema della radioprotezione nella letteratura radiologica nazionale italiana
Evaluate the interest aroused in the Italian radiological literature by radioprotection in the period 2004-2014 and its impact and development in national scientific research.