'Chest pain typicality' in suspected acute coronary syndromes and the impact of clinical experience

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1109-1116.e2

  Carlton, Edward W ^a,b   Than, Martin ^c   Cullen, Louise ^d   Khattab, Ahmed ^a   Greaves, Kim ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Clinical experience; Coronary artery disease; Emergency department; High sensitivity troponin; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LEARNING CURVE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941806290     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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