Unstable angina in the emergency department. Diagnostic value and limitations of the clinical evaluation, electrocardiogram and other tests;Diagnóstico de la angina inestable en el servicio de urgencias. Valor y limitaciones de la clínica, el electrocardiograma y las pruebas complementarias

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Áros, Fernando ^a   Loma Osorio, Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Diagnosis; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 8844270338     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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