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Zero CAC Score Not 100% Reassuring in Those Presenting to ED With Chest Pain
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Title Zero CAC Score Not 100% Reassuring in Those Presenting to ED With Chest Pain
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/710792?src=rss
Description In those presenting to the ED with chest pain, a prior zero calcium score cannot completely rule out a coronary obstruction, a new analysis of the MESA study has shown. This is likely due to the presence of soft plaques not detected by calcium screening, the researchers say. Heartwire
Category Articles > Emergency Medicine
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Date Oct 17, 2009
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