The HEART score for the assessment of patients with chest pain in the emergency department: A multinational validation study

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Six, A Jacob ^a   Cullen, Louise ^b   Backus, Barbra E ^c   Greenslade, Jaimi ^b   Parsonage, William ^b   Aldous, Sally ^d   Doevendans, Pieter A ^c   Than, Martin ^d  

^a GN Woerden   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; HEART; Risk score; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART SCORE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84881328975     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31828b327e     Document Type: Article

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