An evaluation of a chest pain diagnostic protocol to exclude acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1085-1091

  Zalenski, Robert J ^a,b,c   McCarren, Madeline ^b   Roberts, Rebecca ^a   Rydman, Robert J ^a,b   Jovanovic, Borko ^b   Das, Krishna ^a   Mendez, Jose ^a   El Khadra, Maan ^a   Fraker, Lesa ^d   McDermott, Michael ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 17344381433     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.10.1085     Document Type: Article

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