Chest pain centers: Diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 449-461

  Storrow, A B ^a   Gibler, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0033887675     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(00)70006-0     Document Type: Article

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