New methods for improved evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 811-814

  Ekelund, Ulf ^a   Forberg, J L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 LIGAND; CREATINE KINASE MB; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 36749072114     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.048249     Document Type: Review

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