Coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain who have low-risk clinical characteristics and negative cardiac troponin I

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-121

  Hillis, Graham S ^a,c   Oliner, Craig ^a   O'Neil, Brian J ^b   Pansuriya, Vinu ^a   Taggart, Pamela ^a   Zhao, Ning ^a   Dalsey, William C ^a   Mangione, Antoinette ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin I; Coronary artery disease; Prevalence; Severity

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0035095114     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2001.23128     Document Type: Article

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