The Baseline ECG in the Evaluation of Acute Cardiac Complaints

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 244, Issue 22, 1980, Pages 2536-2539

  Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THORAX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0019193882     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1980.03310220034022     Document Type: Article

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