Clinical signs of pulmonary congestion predict outcome in patients with acute chest pain

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 21-22, 2002, Pages 917-922

  Schillinger, Martin ^a,b   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Paulis, Monika ^a   Nikfardjam, Mariam ^a   Meron, Giora ^a   Kurkciyan, Istepan ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Pulmonary congestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037202761     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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