The recognition of acute coronary ischemia in the outpatient setting

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Jaffery, Zehra ^a   Hudson, Michael P ^b   Khanal, Sanjaya ^c   Ananthasubramaniam, Karthik ^b   Kim, Henry ^b   Greenbaum, Adam ^b   Kugelmass, Aaron ^b   Jacobsen, Gordon ^a   McCord, James ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Antelope Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory clinic; Missed acute coronary ischemia; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 60649108801     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-007-0153-2     Document Type: Article

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