Usefulness of automated serial 12-lead ECG monitoring during the initial emergency department evaluation of patients with chest pain

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-11

  Fesmire, F M ^a   Percy, R F ^a   Bardoner, J B ^a   Wharton, D R ^a   Calhoun, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031984864     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70274-4     Document Type: Article

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