Comparison of the HEART and TIMI risk scores for suspected acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a   Laurie, Amber ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Shapiro, Michael ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^b   Diercks, Deborah ^c   Hoekstra, James W ^d   Hollander, Judd E ^e   Kirk, J Douglas ^f   Peacock, W Frank ^g   Anantharaman, Venkataraman ^h   Pollack, Charles V ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HEART score; Risk score; TIMI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RISK SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NULL HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMI RISK SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84959369611     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000066     Document Type: Article

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