False-negative and false-positive ECG diagnoses of Q wave myocardial infarction in the presence of right bundle-branch block

Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-172

  Gussak, Ihor ^a,e   Wright, R Scott ^a   Bjerregaard, Preben ^b   Chaitman, Bernard R ^b   Zhou, Sophia H ^c   Hammill, Stephen C ^d   Kopecky, Stephen L ^a  

^a Mayo Physician Alliance for Clinical Trials Rochester   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Q wave myocardial infarction; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0034463893     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047312     Document Type: Article

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