Acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: Diagnostic characteristics, tests, and challenges

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-451

  Pope, J Hector ^a,b,c   Selker, Harry P ^b,c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MYOGLOBIN; NITRATE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANAMNESIS; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RACE; SIDE EFFECT; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 27644528376     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.08.012     Document Type: Review

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