Chest pain triage in the ED: Is CT coronary angiography the answer?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 404-406

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84864028269     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9567-0     Document Type: Review

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