Validated risk stratification model accurately predicts low risk in patients with unstable angina

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1803-1808

  Calvin, James E ^a   Klein, Lloyd W ^a   VandenBerg, Elizabeth J ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Parrillo, Joseph E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034669304     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00977-3     Document Type: Article

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