Identifying patients for early discharge: performance of decision rules among patients with acute chest pain.

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Published in Int J Cardiol on October 30, 2012

Authors

Simon A Mahler1, Chadwick D Miller, Judd E Hollander, John T Nagurney, Robert Birkhahn, Adam J Singer, Nathan I Shapiro, Ted Glynn, Richard Nowak, Basmah Safdar, Mary Peberdy, Francis L Counselman, Abhinav Chandra, Joshua Kosowsky, James Neuenschwander, Jon W Schrock, Stephen Plantholt, Deborah B Diercks, W Frank Peacock

Author Affiliations

1: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: smahler@wakehealth.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Myeloperoxidase and Multi-Markers In the Diagnosis of Diagnoses of Acute Coronary Syndrome (MIDAS) - Sample Procurement | NCT00415948

HEART Pathway Implementation | NCT02056964

PARA-HEART Pilot Implementation (PARA-HEART) | NCT02709135

Prehospital Translation of Chest Pain Tools (RESCUE) | NCT03494556

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