Evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1041-1048

  Obrador, D ^a   SantalO M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Chest pain; Diagnostic and prognostic strategies in the emergency department

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTISCANNING; SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 2842569445     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200310000-00003     Document Type: Article

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