Ruling out coronary heart disease in primary care patients with chest pain: A clinical prediction score

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gencer, Baris ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a   Verdon, François ^a   Ruffieux, Christiane ^b   Bösner, Stefan ^c   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^c   Favrat, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77649331757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-9     Document Type: Article

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