Emergency department assessment of acute-onset chest pain: Contemporary approaches and their consequences

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-313

  Gerber, Thomas C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77950617292     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0141     Document Type: Editorial

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