Comparative effectiveness of diagnostic testing strategies in emergency department patients with chest pain: An analysis of downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 428-436

  Foy, Andrew J ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Sciamanna, Christopher ^a   Leslie, Douglas L ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921896858     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7657     Document Type: Article

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