Sex-specific chest pain characteristics in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-249

  Gimenez, Maria Rubini ^a,b   Reiter, Miriam ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a,c   Reichlin, Tobias ^a,d   Wildi, Karin ^a   Haaf, Philip ^a   Wicki, Katharina ^a   Zellweger, Christa ^a   Hoeller, Rebeca ^a   Moehring, Berit ^a   Sou, Seoung Mann ^a   Mueller, Mira ^a   Denhaerynck, Kris ^a   Meller, Bernadette ^a   Stallone, Fabio ^a   Henseler, Sarah ^a   Bassetti, Stefano ^a,e   Geigy, Nicolas ^a,f   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Kantonsspital Olten Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

^f Kantonsspital Liestal ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SELF REPORT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84893588924     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12199     Document Type: Article

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