A simple score for predicting coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 803-811

  Wu, E B ^a,b   Hodson, F ^a   Chambers, J B ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27744488798     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci122     Document Type: Article

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