Additional Electrocardiographic Leads in the ED Chest Pain Patient: Right Ventricular and Posterior Leads

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 563-573

  Somers, Michael P ^a   Brady, William J ^a,c   Bateman, Devin C ^a   Mattu, Amal ^b   Perron, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional leads; Chest pain; ECG; Posterior; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0345167971     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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