Safety of a rapid diagnostic protocol with accelerated stress testing

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-128

  Soremekun, Olan A ^a   Hamedani, Azita ^b   Shofer, Frances S ^a   O'Conor, Katie J ^a   Svenson, James ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895073980     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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