- ►westhertshospitals.nhs.uk [PDF] EM Ohman, PW Armstrong, RH Christenson, CB … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - content.nejm.org Methods We studied 855 patients within 12 hours of the onset of symptoms.
Cardiac troponin T levels, CK-MB levels, and electrocardiograms were analyzed in
a blinded fashion at the core laboratory. We used logistic regression to ... Cited by 949 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►westhertshospitals.nhs.uk [PDF] CW Hamm, BU Goldmann, C Heeschen, G … - The New England journal of medicine, 1997 - nejm.highwire.org Results Troponin T tests were positive in 123 patients (16 percent), and
troponin I tests were positive in 171 patients (22 percent). Among 47 patients
with evolving myocardial infarction, troponin T tests were positive in 44 ... Cited by 915 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
PR Puleo, D Meyer, C Wathen, CB Tawa, S … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1994 - content.nejm.org Background Ruling out myocardial infarction in patients coming to the emergency
room with chest pain is hindered by the lack of a specific early diagnostic
marker. Less than 30 percent of patients admitted to coronary care units ... Cited by 321 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►psu.edu [PDF] L Goldman, EF Cook, PA Johnson, DA Brand … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - content.nejm.org Abstract Background. Patients who come to the emer- gency department with chest
pain are a heterogeneous group. Some have ischemic heart disease that may lead
to serious complications, whereas others have minor dis- orders. We ... Cited by 286 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►ahajournals.org J Zimmerman, R Fromm, D Meyer, A Boudreaux … - Circulation, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results—The Diagnostic Marker Cooperative Study was a prospective,
multicenter, double-blind study with consecutive enrollment of patients with
chest pain presenting to the emergency department. Diagnostic sensitivity ... Cited by 279 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] PA Johnson, TH Lee, EF Cook, GW Rouan, L … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Am Coll Physicians • Objective: To compare racial differences in clinical presentation, natural
history, and access to medical care and procedures among emergency-department
patients with acute chest pain. • Design: Prospective follow-up study of ... Cited by 216 - Related articles - All 3 versions
AB Storrow, WB Gibler - Annals of emergency medicine, 2000 - Elsevier Chest pain centers in the emergency department have generally been accepted as a
safe, cost-effective, and rapid approach to the evaluation, triage, and
management of patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. These ... Cited by 159 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] R Roberts, NS Kleiman - Circulation, 1994 - Am Heart Assoc Need for a 'New Diagnostic Mind-set' ... Robert Roberts, MD; Neal S. Kleiman,
MD ... Abstract Triaging patients suspected of myocardial infarc- tion is
performed primarily in the coronary care unit, with infarction determined ... Cited by 140 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
WG Baxt, J Skora - The Lancet, 1996 - Elsevier Background Artificial neural networks apply non-linear statistics to pattern
recognition problems. One such problem is acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a
diagnosis which, in a patient presenting as an emergency, can be difficult ... Cited by 139 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] P Sabia, RD Abbott, A Afrookteh, MW Keller, … - Circulation, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc Background. This prospective study was designed to test the hypothesis that the
assessment of left ventricular systolic function at the timeof emergency room
(ER) presentation provides valuable diagnostic and prognostic information ... Cited by 128 - Related articles - All 4 versions
