Continuous ST-segment monitoring of patients with left bundle branch block and suspicion of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-578

  Gunnarsson, G ^a   Eriksson, P ^b   Dellborg, M ^b  

^a Akureyri Regional Hospital   (Iceland)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Diagnosis; Left bundle branch block; ST segment monitoring; Vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2042507713     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2003.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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