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Evaluating possible acute coronary syndrome in primary care: the value of signs, symptoms, and plasma heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP). A diagnostic study

Robert TA Willemsen, Bjorn Winkens, Bas LJH Kietselaer, Agnieszka Smolinska, Frank Buntinx, Jan FC Glatz and Geert-Jan Dinant
BJGP Open 2019; 3 (3): bjgpopen19X101652. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101652
Robert TA Willemsen
1 General Practitioner, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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  • For correspondence: robert.willemsen{at}maastrichtuniversity.nl
Bjorn Winkens
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Bas LJH Kietselaer
3 Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Zuyderland Hospital, Heerlen, the Netherlands
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Agnieszka Smolinska
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Frank Buntinx
5 Professor, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Jan FC Glatz
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Geert-Jan Dinant
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vol. 3 no. 3 bjgpopen19X101652
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101652
PubMed 
31581111

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received April 18, 2019
  • Accepted April 24, 2019
  • Published online October 29, 2019.

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  1. Robert TA Willemsen, MD, PhD1,*,
  2. Bjorn Winkens, PhD2,
  3. Bas LJH Kietselaer, MD, PhD3,
  4. Agnieszka Smolinska, PhD4,
  5. Frank Buntinx, MD5,6,
  6. Jan FC Glatz, PhD7 and
  7. Geert-Jan Dinant, MD8
  1. 1 General Practitioner, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  2. 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  3. 3 Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Zuyderland Hospital, Heerlen, the Netherlands
  4. 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  5. 5 Professor, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  6. 6 Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  7. 7 Professor, Department of Genetics & Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  8. 8 Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Robert TA Willemsen, robert.willemsen{at}maastrichtuniversity.nl
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BJGP Open 2019; 3 (3): bjgpopen19X101652. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen19X101652

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Evaluating possible acute coronary syndrome in primary care: the value of signs, symptoms, and plasma heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP). A diagnostic study
Robert TA Willemsen, Bjorn Winkens, Bas LJH Kietselaer, Agnieszka Smolinska, Frank Buntinx, Jan FC Glatz, Geert-Jan Dinant
BJGP Open 2019; 3 (3): bjgpopen19X101652. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen19X101652
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