Identification of optimal electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction: A population-based study

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Ammar, Khawaja Afzal ^a,b   Yawn, Barbara P ^b   Urban, Lynn ^c   Mahoney, Douglas W ^b   Kors, Jan A ^d   Jacobsen, Steven ^c   Rodeheffer, Richard J ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ECG MI criteria; Electrocardiogram; Ischemic heart disease; Unrecognized myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18444409652     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.05628.x     Document Type: Article

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