Positive non-invasive tests in the chest pain unit: Importance of the clinical profile for estimating the probability of coronary artery disease

Acute Cardiac Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-208

  Martinez Selles, Manuel ^a   Bueno, Hector ^a   Estevez, Alvaro ^a   De Miguel, Jose ^a   Munoz, Javier ^a   Fernandez Aviles, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Chest pain; Chest pain unit; Coronary artery disease; Coronary disease; Diagnostic; Echocardiography; Non invasive tests

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEST PAIN UNIT 65 INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56749177205     PISSN: 17482941     EISSN: 1748295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482940701805408     Document Type: Article

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