A clinical trial of a chest-pain observation unit for patients with unstable angina

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 1882-1888

  Farkouh, Michael E ^a   Smars, Peter A ^b   Reeder, Guy S ^b   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^b   Evans, Roger W ^b   Meloy, Thomas D ^b   Kopecky, Stephen L ^b   Allen, Marvin ^c   Allison, Thomas G ^b   Gibbons, Raymond J ^b   Gabriel, Sherine E ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Central Utah Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032564703     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199812243392603     Document Type: Article

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