HEART score and clinical gestalt have similar diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing ACS in an unselected population of patients with chest pain presenting in the ED

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 595-600

  Visser, Anniek ^a   Wolthuis, Albert ^a   Breedveld, Rob ^a   Ter Avest, Ewoud ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84937870039     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-203798     Document Type: Article

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