Chest pain evaluation

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 279-283

  Dakik, Habib A ^a   Saab, Bassem R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035453021     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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2. Examination of the patient
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12. Aspirin, heparin or both to treat acute unstable angina