Chest pain: If it hurts a lot, is heart attack more likely?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 89-94

  Body, Richard ^a,b   Lewis, Philip S ^c   Carley, Simon ^b   Burrows, Gillian ^c   Haves, Bethany ^c   Cook, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute Coronary Syndromes; Acute Myocardial Infarction; Diagnosis; Sensitivity And Specificity; Troponins

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959889526     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000218     Document Type: Article

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