Early stratification of patients with chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndrome in the Emergency Department

Minerva Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Bracco, C ^a   Melchio, R ^a   Sturlese, U ^a   Pomero, F ^a   Martini, G ^a   Poggi, A ^a   Cena, P ^a   Severini, S ^a   Castagna, E ^a   Brignone, C ^a   Serraino, C ^a   Dutto, L ^a   Veglio, F ^b   Fenoglio, L ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Critical pathways; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77954726974     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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