Chest pain in primary care: Epidemiology and pre-work-up probabilities

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Bösner, Stefan ^a   Becker, Annette ^a   Haasenritter, Jörg ^a   Abu Hani, Maren ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Snnichsen, Andreas C ^b   Karatolios, Konstantinos ^a   Schaefer, Juergen R ^a   Seitz, Gangolf ^a   Baum, Erika ^a   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Family practice; Myocardial ischemia; Prevalence; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 72049100424     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780903329528     Document Type: Article

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