Usefulness of the response to sublingual nitroglycerin as a predictor of ischemic chest pain in the emergency department

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1264-1266

  Shry, Eric A ^a   Dacus, Jennifer ^a   Van De Graaff, Eric ^b   Hjelkrem, Michael ^c   Stajduhar, Karl C ^a   Steinhubl, Steven R ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; AGED; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036889710     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02850-3     Document Type: Article

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