Role of echocardiography in the emergency department for identifying patients with myocardial infarction and ischemia

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-205

  Kontos, Michael C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032988511     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00804.x     Document Type: Article

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