Chest pain units: Management of special populations

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-557

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 27644435452     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.08.015     Document Type: Review

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