Evaluation of the Elderly Patient with Acute Chest Pain

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-349

  Kelly, Brian S ^a  

^a Mount Carmel Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIRWAY; AORTA DISSECTION; BREATHING PATTERN; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERICARDITIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 34247252059     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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