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Acute coronary syndrome risk prediction of rapid emergency medicine scoring system in acute chest pain

An observational study of patients presenting with chest pain in the emergency department in Central Saudi Arabia

Tahir Mehmood, Mohammad S. Al Shehrani and Muhammad Ahmad
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (9) 900-904; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.9.20809
Tahir Mehmood
From the Department of Emergency, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MRCS, FCPS
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Mohammad S. Al Shehrani
From the Department of Emergency, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Muhammad Ahmad
From the Department of Emergency, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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