Evaluation of the patient with 'rule out myocardial infarction'

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Lewis, William R ^a,b   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYME; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSIN; THALLIUM 201; TROPONIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ASSAY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030033175     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.41     Document Type: Review

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