A critique of the new ST-segment criteria for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with left bundle-branch block

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 652-655

  Madias, John E ^a   Sinha, Anjan ^a   Ashtiani, Ramin ^a   Agarwal, H ^a   Win, Moethu ^a   Narayan, Virenjan K ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG diagnosis; Electrocardiogram; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034816878     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960241004     Document Type: Article

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