Electrocardiographic manifestations: Benign early repolarization

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-478

  Brady, William J ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign early repolarization; Early repolarization; Electrocardiogram; Normal variant; ST segment; ST segment elevation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0032911122     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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