Emergency cardiac care: introduction
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Objective: Acute chest pain is an important and frequently occurring symptom in patients. Chest pain is often a sign of ischemic heart disease. Chest pain due to suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is responsible for a large and ijncreasing number of hospital attendances and admissions. Current practice for suspected ACS involves troponin testing 10–12 hours after symptom o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00656-7