Prognostic value of demographic factors, pre-test probability scoring, exercise test diagnosis, and inability to exercise in patients with recent onset suspected cardiac chest pain

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-427

  Khattar, Rajdeep S ^a   Nair, Satheesh B ^a   Hamid, Tahir ^a   Chacko, Sanoj ^a   Mamas, Mamas ^a   Turkie, Wajdi ^a   Arumugam, Parthiban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest pain; CT imaging; echocardiography; exercise testing; nuclear imaging; pre test probability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRETEST PROBABILITY SCORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865557633     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711404505     Document Type: Article

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