Diagnosing the cause of chest pain

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2012-2021

  Cayley Jr , William E ^a,b  

^a Eau Claire Family Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER; TROPONIN;

ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PANIC; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PANIC DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 27844496104     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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