Electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of right ventricular involvement in the setting of acute inferior infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-323

  Mittal, S R ^a   Jain, Sunil K ^a  

^a JLN Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0030871274     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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