Selecting patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome for coronary angiography: A nationwide clinical vignette study in the Netherlands

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Engel, Josien ^a   Poldervaart, Judith M ^b   Van Der Wulp, Ineke ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   De Bruijne, Martine C ^a   Bunge, Jeroen J H ^c   Cramer, Maarten J ^b   Tietge, Wouter J ^d   Uijlings, Ruben ^e   Wagner, Cordula ^a,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Alrijne Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^e DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; THORAX PAIN; VIGNETTE; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOLOGISTS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NON-ST ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN;

EID: 85009964744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011213     Document Type: Article

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