Non-clinical factors influencing the selection of patients with acute coronary syndromes for angiography

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 411-414

  Quaas, A ^a   Curzen, N ^a   Garratt, C ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 3242715797     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.011247     Document Type: Article

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