Diagnostic values of chest pain history, ECG, troponin and clinical gestalt in patients with chest pain and potential acute coronary syndrome assessed in the emergency department

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mokhtari, Arash ^a,b   Dryver, Eric ^a,b   Söderholm, Martin ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Diagnosis; ECG; Gestalt; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929358948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0992-9     Document Type: Article

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