Heart emergency room: Effective for both geriatric and younger patients

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 259-263

  Lateef, F ^a,b   Storrow, A B ^a   Gibler, B W ^a   Liu, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary events; Geriatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035376812     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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