Sex-Specific Chest Pain Characteristics in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Sex-specific chest pain characteristics in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
IMPORTANCE Whether sex-specific chest pain characteristics (CPCs) would allow physicians in the emergency department to differentiate women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from women with other causes of acute chest pain more accurately remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To improve the management of suspected AMI in women by exploring sex-specific CPCs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS From A...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12199