State-of-the-Art Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients Presenting with Potential Acute Coronary Syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 547-564

  Hollander, Judd E ^a   Than, Martin ^b   Mueller, Christian ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; coronary computerized tomographic angiography; emergency service, hospital; risk assessment; troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; COPEPTIN; TROPONIN;

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84982145784     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021886     Document Type: Article

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