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Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room

According to research reported in the February 27, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), a computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart can quickly detect whether there are fatty blockages or pockets of rock-hard calcium in the arteries of the heart -- clues that coronary artery disease may be the cause of the chest pain.

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