Relative contributions of a single-admission 12-lead electrocardiogram and early 24-hour continuous electrocardiographic monitoring for early risk stratification in patients with unstable coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 667-674

  Holmvang, Lene ^a   Andersen, Karl ^b   Dellborg, Mikael ^b   Clemmensen, Peter ^a   Wagner, Galen ^c   Grande, Peer ^a   Abrahamsson, Putte ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBINS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCINE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PIPERIDINES; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033105041     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00964-3     Document Type: Article

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