title: How useful is computed tomography for screening for coronary artery disease? Screening for coronary artery disease with electron-beam computed tomography is not useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Jersey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Harlan M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Krumholz
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*