Ruling out coronary artery disease in primary care: Development and validation of a simple prediction rule

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1295-1300

  Bösner, Stefan ^a   Haasenritter, Jörg ^a   Becker, Annette ^a   Karatolios, Konstantinos ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^b   Gencer, Baris ^b   Herzig, Lilli ^b   Heinzel Gutenbrunner, Monika ^a   Schaefer, Juergen R ^a   Hani, Maren Abu ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Sönnichsen, Andreas C ^c   Baum, Erika ^a   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PALPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956413851     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100212     Document Type: Article

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