The HEART score with high-sensitive troponin T at presentation: ruling out patients with chest pain in the emergency room

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 357-364

  Santi, Luca ^a   Farina, Gabriele ^a   Gramenzi, Annagiulia ^a   Trevisani, Franco ^a   Baccini, Margherita ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a   Cavazza, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Clinical decision rules; Heart score; High sensitive troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84968615838     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-016-1461-3     Document Type: Article

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