When is low-risk chest pain acceptable risk chest pain?

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1402-1403

  Brace McDonnell, Samantha J ^a,b   Laing, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 84906539648     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306177     Document Type: Editorial

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