Evaluation of patients with possible cardiac chest pain: A way out of the jungle

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2099-2100

  Hess, Erik P ^a,b   Jaffe, Allan S ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; emergency medical services; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACCELERATED DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOL; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CROWDING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE;

EID: 84861635249     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.021     Document Type: Editorial

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