Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Achar, Suraj A ^a   Kundu, Suriti ^b,c   Norcross, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD Medical Center ^*

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; Q WAVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 22044437812     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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