Characteristics and outcomes of young adults who present to the emergency department with chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 703-708

  Walker, Nicole J ^a   Sites, Frank D ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification; Young adult

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COCAINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034944070     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00188.x     Document Type: Article

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