Value and limitations of chest pain history in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2623-2629

  Swap, Clifford J ^a   Nagurney, John T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TIETZE SYNDROME;

EID: 28144446615     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.20.2623     Document Type: Review

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