Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 281-286 , March 2010

The value of symptoms and signs in the emergent diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes

  • Richard Body

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Stockport Foundation NHS Trust, Emergency Department, Poplar Grove, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport SK2 7JE, England, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0161 419 4101.
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  • Simon Carley

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Christopher Wibberley

      Affiliations

    • Manchester Metropolitan University, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JA, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Garry McDowell

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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  • Jamie Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Kevin Mackway-Jones

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom

Received 16 August 2009 ,Revised 5 November 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.014.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00595-4

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.014

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