'Tombstone' anterior ST-segment elevations secondary to acute pericarditis: The role of two-dimensional echocardiogram

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-406

  Jain, Avanindra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiogram; electrocardiogram; myocardial infarction; pericarditis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030989101     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200420     Document Type: Article

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