A new risk score for patients with a normal or non-diagnostic ECG admitted to a chest pain unit;Un nuevo índice de riesgo para pacientes con ECG normal o no diagnóstico ingresados en la unidad de dolor torácico

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 782-788

  Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^a   Ortiz, Javier ^a   Estévez, Álvaro ^a   Andueza, Juan ^a   de Miguel, José ^a   Bueno, Héctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Chest pain unit; Coronary artery disease; Diagnosis; Emergency care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 23644443851     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13077229     Document Type: Article

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