Risk of revisits to the emergency department in admitted versus discharged patients with chest pain but without myocardial infarction in relation to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 341-346

  Bandstein, Nadia ^a,b   Ljung, Rickard ^b   Holzmann, Martin J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; High sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Revascularisation; Revisit

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVISIT; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84952790528     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.170     Document Type: Article

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