Risk scores for patients with chest pain: Evaluation in the emergency department

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-8

  Backus, B E ^a   Six, A J ^b   Kelder, J H ^c   Gibler, W B ^d   Moll, F L ^a   Doevendans, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Hofpoort Ziekenhuis Woerden   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; Risk scores

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRISC RISK SCORE; GRACE RISK SCORE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SCORE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURSUIT RISK SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TIMI RISK SCORE; VALIDITY;

EID: 79958108224     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340311795677662     Document Type: Article

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