Chest pain in the emergency room: Value of the HEART score

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Six, A J ^a   Backus, B E ^b   Kelder, J C ^b  

^a Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Emergency room

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 48349094487     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086144     Document Type: Article

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