Hypertension predicts major adverse cardiac events after discharge from the emergency department with unspecified chest pain

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 441-448

  Omstedt, Åsa ^a   Höijer, Jonas ^a   Djärv, Therese ^a,b   Svensson, Per ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chest pain; Emergency service; Hypertension; Major adverse cardiac event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016241670     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872615626654     Document Type: Article

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