ECG patterns confounding the ECG diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome: Left bundle branch block, right ventricular paced rhythms, and left ventricular hypertrophy

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 999-1025

  Brady, William J ^a   Lentz, Brian ^b   Barlotta, Kevin ^b   Harrigan, Richard A ^c   Chan, Theodore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACED RHYTHM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25844452860     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.07.004     Document Type: Review

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