Outcome of patients discharged from a coronary care unit with a diagnosis of 'chest pain not yet diagnosed'

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Panju, Akbar ^a,d   Farkouh, Michael E ^b   Sackett, David L ^c   Waterfall, William ^a   Hunt, Richard ^a   Fallen, Ernest ^a   Somers, Sat ^a   Stevenson, Giles ^a   Walter, Stephen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENCE RISK; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029792558     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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