Chest pain: A clinical assessment

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-179

  Butler, Kenneth H ^a   Swencki, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG AGENESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33244473548     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.11.002     Document Type: Review

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