Chest pain unit (CPU) in the management of low to intermediate risk acute coronary syndrome: A tertiary hospital experience from New Zealand

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-115

  Mazhar, J ^a   Killion, B ^a   Liang, M ^a   Lee, M ^a   Devlin, G ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accelerated chest pain pathway; Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain unit; Non cardiac chest pain

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHEST PAIN UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; WARD; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TROPONIN T; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880041912     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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