Prognostic Value of Symptoms during a Normal or Nonspecific Electrocardiogram in Emergency Department Patients with Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1034-1039

  Chase, Maureen ^a   Brown, Aaron M ^a   Robey, Jennifer L ^a   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; electrocardiogram; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK;

COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748799964     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.051     Document Type: Article

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