Time to standardize and broaden the criteria of acute coronary syndrome symptom presentations in women

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 721-728

  Canto, John G ^a   Canto, Elizabeth A ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^c  

^a Watson Clinic   (United States)

^b All Saints' Academy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARM PAIN; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; JAW PAIN; LOSS OF APPETITE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; TIME; VOMITING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84903217504     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.10.015     Document Type: Review

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