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What is the frequency of eligibility for cardiac computed tomography when applying NICE chest pain guidelines to an acute medical population with suspected cardiac chest pain?
What is the frequency of eligibility for cardiac computed tomography when applying NICE chest pain guidelines to an acute medical population with suspected cardiac chest pain?
Applying NICE guidelines for recent-onset chest pain to acute medical admissions results in very low eligibility (1%) for cardiac computed tomography.
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NICE criteria yield minimal CCT eligibility in acute admissions; leaves open whether adapted pathways better suit this population.
Patterson et al. (2010) studied this question.
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