Henry Ford HEART Score Randomized Trial: Rapid Discharge of Patients Evaluated for Possible Myocardial Infarction

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Frisoli, Tiberio M ^a   Nowak, Richard ^b   Evans, Kaleigh L ^b   Harrison, Michael ^b   Alani, Maath ^b   Varghese, Saira ^b   Rahman, Mehnaz ^b   Noll, Samantha ^b   Flannery, Katherine R ^b   Michaels, Alex ^b   Tabaku, Mishel ^a   Jacobsen, Gordon ^a   McCord, James ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; length of stay; myocardial infarction; troponin

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MICHIGAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOMARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 85040772042     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003617     Document Type: Article

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