Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope at initial evaluation in patients referred urgently to a general hospital: The EGSYS score

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1620-1626

  Del Rosso, A ^a,g   Ungar, A ^b   Maggi, R ^c   Giada, F ^d   Petix, N R ^a   De Santo, T ^e   Menozzi, C ^f   Brignole, M ^c  

^a Azienda USL 11   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^e Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE; TRIAGE;

EID: 56749179835     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.143123     Document Type: Article

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