Management of acute chest pain in the emergency department;La gestione del dolore toracico acuto in Pronto Soccorso. La realtà attuale, le prospettive future, i punti controversi

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-175

  Tanzi, Pietro ^a   Pelliccia, Francesco ^b  

^a Servizio Centrale di Cardiologia e Pronto Soccorso Cardiologico   (Italy)

^b AO San Filippo Neri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Angina pectoris; Chest pain; Chest Pain Unit

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURISY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN;

EID: 33645751816     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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