Diagnostic value of aVL derivation for right ventricular involvement in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-188

  Turhan, Hasan ^a,c   Yilmaz, M Birhan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^b   Atak, Ramazan ^a   Biyikoglu, S Funda ^a   Senen, Kubilay ^a   Ileri, Mehmet ^a   Cehreli, Sengul ^b   Korkmaz, Sule ^a   Kutuk, Emine ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

aVL derivation; Inferior myocardial infarction; Right ventricular myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; ISOENZYME;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1542756267     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08303.x     Document Type: Article

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