Evaluation of the patient with acute chest pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1187-1195

  Lee, Thomas H ^a,c   Goldman, Lee ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Partners Community HealthCare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TROPONIN;

EID: 0034690116     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004203421607     Document Type: Review

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