Investigation and management of chest pain

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Fox, Kevin F ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BUDGET; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 10844227424     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.031062     Document Type: Review

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