Designing prehospital ECG systems for acute coronary syndromes. Lessons learned from clinical trials involving 12-lead ST-segment monitoring

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 180-185

  Drew, Barbara J ^a   Pelter, Michele M ^c   Lee, Eunyoung ^a   Zegre, Jessica ^a   Schindler, Daniel ^a   Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Renown Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Emergency cardiac care; Myocardial infarction; ST segments; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 26444577459     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.06.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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