An evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: Executive summary of a National Heart Attack Alert Program working group report

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Selker, H P ^a   Zalenski, R J ^a   Antman, E M ^a   Aufderheide, T P ^a   Bernard, S A ^a   Bonow, R O ^a   Gibler, W B ^a   Hagen, M D ^a   Johnson, P ^a   Lau, J ^a   McNutt, R A ^a   Ornato, J ^a   Schwartz, J S ^a   Scott, J D ^a   Tunick, P A ^a   Weaver, W D ^a   Hand, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MYOGLOBIN; THALLIUM 201; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031022585     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70297-X     Document Type: Article

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