Ischemic versus nonischemic chest pain in the emergency room: Echoes of contrast

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 928-929

  Vannan, Mani A ^a,b   Narula, Jagat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 24044527564     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.026     Document Type: Editorial

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