How useful are the Heart Foundation risk criteria for assessment of emergency department patients with chest pain?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-265

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART FOUNDATION RISK CLASSIFICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861888690     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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