The patient with chest pain low risk, high stakes

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-554

  Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a,b   Amn, Edris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84898419423     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13415     Document Type: Note

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