Prospective validation of a modified thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-375

  Hess, Erik P ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^b   Calder, Lisa A ^b   Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^b   Body, Richard ^c   Jaffe, Allan ^a   Wells, George A ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Diagnosis; Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951058265     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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