Can a modified thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score outperform the original for risk stratifying emergency department patients with chest pain?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Body, R ^a   Carley, S ^a   McDowell, G ^a   Ferguson, J ^a   Mackway Jones, K ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEATH; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODIFIED THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RISK SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749098234     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.058495     Document Type: Article

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