Detecting acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department: The answer is in seeing the heart: Why look further?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1573-1575

  Senior, Roxy ^a   Ashrafian, Houman ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 25844435658     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi381     Document Type: Editorial

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