Clinical assessment of chest pain and guidelines for imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3663-3668

  Gruettner, J ^a   Henzler, T ^a   Sueselbeck, T ^a   Fink, C ^a   Borggrefe, M ^a   Walter, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Chest Pain Unit; Coronary syndrome; Emergency room; Reperfusion therapy; Risk stratification; Triple rule out

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA DISSECTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROPATHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84869890204     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.063     Document Type: Review

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