ST-segment depression in lead aVR: A useful predictor of impaired myocardial reperfusion in patients with inferior acute myocardial infarction

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 780-786

  Kosuge, Uasami ^a   Kimura, Kazuo ^a   Ishikawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Ebina, Toshiaki ^a   Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Toda, Noritaka ^a   Umemura, Satoshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

ECG; Myocardial infarction; ST segment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 23744510836     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.780     Document Type: Article

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