A Case of Acute Pancreatitis Presenting with Electrocardiographic Signs of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Pancreatology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-517

  Yu, Aimee C ^a   Riegert Johnson, Douglas L ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Electrocardiogram; Left bundle branch block; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1342333656     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076327     Document Type: Article

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