Are we appropriately triaging patients with unstable angina?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 613-618

  Gomberg Maitland, Mardi ^a   Murphy, Sabina A ^b   Moliterno, David J ^c   Cannon, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 17044368282     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.09.035     Document Type: Article

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