Value of ST elevation in lead III greater than lead II in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction for predicting in-hospital mortality and diagnosing right ventricular infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 448-450

  Saw, Jacqueline ^a   Davies, Cheryl ^a   Fung, Anthony ^a   Spinelli, John J ^b   Jue, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0035865541     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01401-6     Document Type: Article

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