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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;302(3):554-556.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.212603. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain

Prashant Nagpal  1 , David A Bluemke  1
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Editorial

Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain

Prashant Nagpal et al. Radiology. 2022 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures of conflicts of interest: P.N. Grant from the National Institutes of Health; speaker at the 2021 University of Wisconsin–GE Healthcare Medical Symposium. D.A.B. Consulting fees from Bayer; member of the data safety monitoring board for the American College of Radiology Imaging Network; editor of Radiology.

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Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT, is an associate professor of radiology and the section head of cardiovascular imaging at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His area of clinical expertise includes cardiovascular CT and MRI and thoracic imaging. His research interests include development and validation of CT and MRI technologic advances that allow better characterization of heart and lung diseases, multi-energy CT, and understanding the role of imaging in improving patient outcomes.
Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT, is an associate professor of radiology and the section head of cardiovascular imaging at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His area of clinical expertise includes cardiovascular CT and MRI and thoracic imaging. His research interests include development and validation of CT and MRI technologic advances that allow better characterization of heart and lung diseases, multi-energy CT, and understanding the role of imaging in improving patient outcomes.
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD, is professor of radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, as well as editor of Radiology. His research focuses on the use and development of noninvasive imaging for characterization of subclinical cardiovascular disease. Over the past 25 years, he has published more than 700 articles related to imaging, focusing on the use of CT and MRI.
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD, is professor of radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, as well as editor of Radiology. His research focuses on the use and development of noninvasive imaging for characterization of subclinical cardiovascular disease. Over the past 25 years, he has published more than 700 articles related to imaging, focusing on the use of CT and MRI.
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  • Myocardial Late Contrast Enhancement CT in Troponin-Positive Acute Chest Pain Syndrome.
    Palmisano A, Vignale D, Tadic M, Moroni F, De Stefano D, Gatti M, Boccia E, Faletti R, Oppizzi M, Peretto G, Slavich M, Sala S, Montorfano M, Agricola E, Margonato A, De Cobelli F, Gentile F, Robella M, Cortese G, Esposito A. Palmisano A, et al. Radiology. 2022 Mar;302(3):545-553. doi: 10.1148/radiol.211288. Epub 2021 Dec 7. Radiology. 2022. PMID: 34874200

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