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The impact of the HEART risk score in the early assessment of patients with acute chest pain: design of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial

BACKGROUND: Chest pain remains a diagnostic challenge: physicians do not want to miss an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but, they also wish to avoid unnecessary additional diagnostic procedures. In approximately 75% of the patients presenting with chest pain at the emergency department (ED) there is...

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Autores principales: Poldervaart, Judith M, Reitsma, Johannes B, Koffijberg, Hendrik, Backus, Barbra E, Six, A Jacob, Doevendans, Pieter A, Hoes, Arno W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-77