Electrocardiographic manifestations: Acute posterior wall myocardial infarction

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-401

  Brady, William J ^a,d   Erling, Brian ^a   Pollack, Marc ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiogram; Posterior wall of left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0035038894     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00318-3     Document Type: Article

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