ST-segment monitoring with continuous 12-lead ECG improves early risk stratification in patients with chest pain and ECG nondiagnostic of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1413-1419

  Jernberg, Tomas ^a   Lindahl, Bertil ^a   Wallentin, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033230064     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00370-8     Document Type: Article

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