Cardiovascular testing and clinical outcomes in emergency department patients with chest pain

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1175-1182

  Sandhu, Alexander T ^a,b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Jay ^b   Bundorf, M Kate ^b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; CALIFORNIA; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85027257310     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.2432     Document Type: Article

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