Add-on tests for improving risk-stratification in emergency department patients with chest pain who are at low to moderate risk of 30-day major adverse cardiac events

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 299-306

  Rainer, T H ^a   Leung, Y K ^a   Lee, A ^a   Chan, P Y ^a   Cheng, N M ^a   Wong, J K ^a   Yan, B P ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a   Graham, C A ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; ECG; HEART score; hs cTnT; MACE; TIMI score

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART SCORE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84977496366     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.057     Document Type: Article

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