Can the surface electrocardiogram be used to predict myocardial viability?

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 663-667

  Al Mohammad, A ^a   Norton, M Y ^b   Mahy, I R ^a   Patel, J C ^a   Welch, A E ^b   Mikecz, P ^b   Walton, S ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Myocardial scarring; Myocardial viability; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NITROGEN 13;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SCAR FORMATION;

EID: 0032752539     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.6.663     Document Type: Article

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