Myth: Identifying classic coronary risk factors helps to predict the likelihood of acute ischemia

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 423-424

  Patel, H ^b   Herbert, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYTHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034520374     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.173.6.423     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

1. Multivariate prediction of coronary heart disease in the Western Collaborative Group Study compared to the findings of the Framingham Study
2. Do patients' coronary risk factor reports predict acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department
3. Prediction of the need for intensive care in patients who come to emergency departments with acute chest pain