Validation of cardiologists' decisions to initiate reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction with electrocardiograms viewed on liquid crystal displays of cellular telephones

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 747-752

  Leibrandt, Paul N ^a   Bell, Samuel J ^a   Savona, Michael R ^a   Pettis, Karlton S ^b   Selvester, Ronald H ^c   Maynard, Charles ^d   Warner, Robert ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033760801     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.110288     Document Type: Article

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