Assessing the need for functional diagnostic testing in low-risk women with chest pain

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a,b   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel D ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Functional testing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33749446471     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000202245.15374.90     Document Type: Article

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