Predictive values of acute coronary syndrome discharge diagnoses differed in the Danish National Patient Registry

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-194

  Joensen, Albert Marni ^a   Jensen, Majken K ^b   Overvad, Kim ^b   Dethlefsen, Claus ^a   Schmidt, Erik ^a   Rasmussen, Lars ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^c   Johnsen, Søren ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Diagnosis; Myocardial infarction; Registries; Unstable angina pectoris; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 58149197895     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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