HEART score: A simple and useful tool that may lower the proportion of chest pain patients who are admitted

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Melki, Dina ^a   Jernberg, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Emergency department; Risk scores

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SCORE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN;

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

EID: 84881350085     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3182953359     Document Type: Article

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