Usefulness of the admission electrocardiogram for identifying the infarct-related artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-184

  Kontos, Michael C ^a   Desai, Pratik V ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^a   Ornato, Joseph P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031567849     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00709-6     Document Type: Article

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