Hospital burden of suspected acute coronary syndromes: Recent trends

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-692

  MacIntyre, K ^a   Murphy, N F ^b   Chalmers, J ^c   Capewell, S ^d   Frame, S ^c   Finlayson, A ^c   Pell, J ^e   Redpath, A ^c   McMurray, J J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Information and Statistics Division   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33646242999     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.068742     Document Type: Article

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