Risk stratification for suspected acute coronary syndromes and heart failure in the emergency department

Acute Cardiac Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Peacock, W Frank ^a   Soto Ruiz, Karina M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOGLOBIN; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 70350107575     PISSN: 17482941     EISSN: 1748295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482940902989068     Document Type: Article

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