Approach to the patient with unexplained chest pain

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-253

  Katz, Philip O ^a   Codario, Ronald ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; CISAPRIDE; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NIZATIDINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE;

ALGORITHM; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0030999290     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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