Clinical value of chest pain presentation and prodromes on the assessment of cardiovascular disease: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Robson, John ^a   Ayerbe, Luis ^a   Mathur, Rohini ^a   Addo, Juliet ^b   Wragg, Andrew ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929379594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007251     Document Type: Article

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