The ECG diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 697-700

  Rosner, Mitchell H ^a   Brady, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiogram; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE;

EID: 0031757392     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90180-2     Document Type: Article

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