Comparison of cardiac risk scores in ED patients with potential acute coronary syndrome

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 64-68

  Lee, Betsy ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^a   Matsuura, Asako C ^a   Marcoon, Shannon ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chest pain; emergency department; GRACE risk score; PURSUIT risk score; risk stratification; TIMI risk score

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959872165     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31821c79bd     Document Type: Article

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