Frequency of pulmonary embolism in patients admitted with chest pain and suspicion of acute myocardial infarction but in whom this diagnosis is ruled out

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-334

  Fruergaard, Per ^a   Launbjerg, Jeppe ^a   Hesse, Birger ^b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Acute myocardial infarction; Ischaemic heart disease; Non AMI; Pulmonary scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON 81M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0029888388     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177115     Document Type: Article

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