Rapid-access chest pain clinics and the traditional cardiology out-patient clinic

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Sekhri, Neha ^a   Feder, G S ^b   Junghans, C ^c   Hemingway, H ^c   Timmis, A D ^b  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33645288847     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl013     Document Type: Article

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