What is the incidence of major adverse cardiac events in emergency department chest pain patients with a normal ECG, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score of zero and initial troponin ≤99th centile: An observational study?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-18

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN;

EID: 84872355966     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200810     Document Type: Article

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