Chest pain in the emergency department: In search of the Holy Grail

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 575-576

  Magid, David J ^a,b   Rumsfeld, John S ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9644270272     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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