Rapid assessment of chest pain

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7313, 2001, Pages 586-587

  Wood, D ^a   Timmis, A ^a   Halinen, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STATIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY RISK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035884946     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.586     Document Type: Editorial

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