Accuracy and clinical effect of out-of-hospital electrocardiography in the diagnosis of acute cardiac ischemia: A meta-analysis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 461-470

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a   Salem, Deeb ^a   Chew, Priscilla W ^a   Lau, Joseph ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0035003688     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.114904     Document Type: Article

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