Harold Ira Litt MD, PhD, Presenter: Research grant, Siemens AG

1) To discuss the role of imaging in evaluation of patients presenting to emergency departments with chest pain. 2) To elaborate principles for design of multicenter trials involving evaluation of the utliity of imaging studies. 3) To explain the relationship of the ACRIN PA 4005 trial to other trials evaluating CT for imaging of acute chest pain.

Litt, H, ACRIN PA 4005 Trial: Acute Chest Pain.  Radiological Society of North America 2011 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 26 - December 2, 2011 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2011/11000887.html