Immediate exercise testing to evaluate low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Lewis, William R ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037125367     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01968-X     Document Type: Article

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