Does the patient with chest pain have a coronary heart disease? Diagnostic value of single symptoms and signs - A meta-analysis

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 432-441

  Haasenritter, Jörg ^a   Stanze, Damaris ^a,b   Widera, Grit ^a   Wilimzig, Christian ^a   Hani, Maren Abu ^a   Sönnichsen, Andreas C ^c   Bösner, Stefan ^a   Rochon, Justine ^d   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; VISCERAL PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871912518     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.432     Document Type: Article

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