Comparison of EASI-derived 12-lead electrocardiograms versus paramedic-acquired 12-lead electrocardiograms using Mason-Likar limb lead configuration in patients with chest pain

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-21

  Sejersten, Maria ^a   Pahlm, Olle ^b   Pettersson, Jonas ^b   Zhou, Sophia ^c   Maynard, Charles ^d   Feldman, Charles L ^e   Wagner, Galen S ^a,f  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

EASI lead system; Prehospital ECG

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; PANIC; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 29444432815     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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