Initial approach to the patient who has chest pain

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1-17

  Haro, Luis H ^a,b   Decker, Wyatt W ^a,b   Boie, Eric T ^a,b   Wright, R Scott ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 28544445133     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.09.007     Document Type: Review

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