Emergency department evaluation of the chest pain patient

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-282

  Jones, Ian D ^a   Slovis, Corey M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA DISSECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0035006205     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70183-8     Document Type: Article

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