Defining low risk for coronary heart disease among women with chest pain syndrome: A prospective evaluation

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-247

  Sanfilippo, Anthony J ^a,b   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a,b   Knott, Christine ^a   Link, Catherine ^c   Hopman, Wilma ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Belleville General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 18744363631     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.240     Document Type: Article

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