Safety and efficiency of a chest pain diagnostic algorithm with selective outpatient stress testing for emergency department patients with potential ischemic chest pain

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier ^a   Innes, Grant ^b   Grafstein, Eric ^a   Kiess, Marla ^a   Boychuk, Barb ^a   Yu, Eugenia ^a   Kalla, Daniel ^a   Christenson, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84859101268     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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