Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation in the trauma patient: Acute myocardial infarction vs myocardial contusion

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 510-516

  Plautz, Claire U ^a   Perron, Andrew D ^b   Brady, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THROMBUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ARRHYTHMIA; CHEST PAIN; CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 22444441373     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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