Modern morphologic electrocardiographic interpretation - A valuable tool for rapid clinical decision making in acute ischemic coronary syndromes

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-6

  Nikus, Kjell C ^a   Eskola, Markku J ^a   Niemelä, Kari O ^a   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; SKILL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 12344261463     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2004.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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