Chest pain in the emergency room. Importance of a systematic approach

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-29

  Basson, Roberto ^a   Scofano, Marcelo ^a   Gamarski, Roberto ^a   Dohmann, Hans Fernando ^a   Pimenta, Lúcia ^a   Volschan, André ^a   Araujo, Mônica ^a   Clare, Cristina ^a   Fabrício, Marcelo ^a   Sanmartin, Carlos Henrique ^a   Mohallem, Kalil ^a   Gaspar, Sergio ^a   Macaciel, Renato ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Chest pain; Emergency room; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHEST PAIN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033648313     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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