Usefulness of chest pain character and location as diagnostic indicators of an acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1228-1231

  Eslick, Guy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 18144412010     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.052     Document Type: Article

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