Automated electrocardiogram interpretation programs versus cardiologists' triage decision making based on teletransmitted data in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1696-1702

  Clark, Elaine N ^a   Sejersten, Maria ^b   Clemmensen, Peter ^b   MacFarlane, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 78649716730     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.07.047     Document Type: Article

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