Evaluation and risk stratification of patients with chest pain in the emergency department: Predictors of life-threatening events

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 495-517

  Zalenski, R J ^a   Shamsa, F ^a   Pede, K J ^a  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031754005     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70015-8     Document Type: Article

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