Patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in a university hospital emergency department: An observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ekelund, Ulf ^a   Nilsson, Hans Jörgen ^a   Frigyesi, Attila ^a   Torffvit, Ole ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Emergency department; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 1542323078     PISSN: 1471227X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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