Prediction of myocardial infarction risk in older patients with acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-682

  Ngako, Alfred ^a   Santin, Aline ^a   Hémery, François ^a   Salloum, Mirna ^a   Calmettes, Marie Jeanne ^a   Hervé, Jérôme ^a   Grégo, Jean Claude ^a   Roupie, Eric ^a,b   Maison, Patrick ^a,b   Renaud, Bertrand ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATTACK RISK FOR AGED PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 67650151245     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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