A 'same day' direct-access chest pain clinic: Improved management and reduced hospitalization

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Newby, D E ^a   Fox, K A A ^a   Flint, L L ^a   Boon, N A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031949781     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.5.333     Document Type: Article

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