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Coronary CTA is considered for evaluating outpatients with intermittent atypical chest pain of suspected cardiac origin.
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man with history of dyslipidemia is evaluated in the outpatient setting for several months of intermittent atypical chest pain.He is not on any medical therapy.His resting heart rate in the office is 70 beats per minute.His outpatient cardiologist is wondering if coronary computed tomography angiography may be useful for further evaluation.
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Bittencourt et al. (2016) studied this question. Coronary computed tomography angiography is considered for the diagnostic evaluation of outpatients presenting with intermittent atypical chest pain of suspected cardiac origin.
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