Prevalence and prognosis of non-specific chest pain among patients hospitalized for suspected acute coronary syndrome - a systematic literature search

Prevalence and prognosis of non-specific chest pain among patients hospitalized for suspected acute coronary syndrome - a systematic literature search

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The term non-specific chest pain (NSCP) is applied to hospitalized patients in order to designate that they neither have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) nor display evidence of a coronary ischemia. The number of NSCP patients is inc...

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Main Authors: Ruddox Vidar, Mathisen Mariann, Otterstad Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Hospitalizations
non-specific chest pain
non-cardiac chest pain
atypical chest pain
chest pain not yet diagnosed
acute coronary syndrome
prognosis
readmissions
mortality
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/58

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