Impact of stress testing on 30-day cardiovascular outcomes for low-risk patients with chest pain admitted to floor telemetry beds

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 282-287

  Chan, Grace Wu ^b   Sites, Frank D ^b   Shofer, Frances S ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; Risk stratification; Stress test

Indexed keywords

ACI TIPI SCORE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLDMAN RISK SCORE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0043074908     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(03)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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