Defining the outcomes of risk stratification studies of ED patients with chest pain: The marginal value of adding revascularization to the composite end point

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 848-851

  Chen, Esther H ^a   Sites, Frank ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 27744485500     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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