Assessment of recent onset chest pain or discomfort of suspected cardiac origin: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7749, 2010, Pages 757-

  Cooper, Angela ^b   Timmis, Adam ^a,c   Skinner, Jane ^d  

^a Department of Clinical Cardiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77950584657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1118     Document Type: Review

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