Prediction of the extent and severity of left ventricular dysfunction in anterior acute myocardial infarction by the admission electrocardiogram

American Heart Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 915-924

  Birnbaum, Yochai ^a,e   Criger, Douglas A ^b   Wagner, Galen S ^b   Strasberg, Boris ^a   Mager, Aviv ^a   Gates, Kathy ^b   Granger, Christopher B ^b   Ross, Allan M ^c   Barbash, Gabriel I ^d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Division of Cardiology   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0035370377     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.115300     Document Type: Article

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