ECG diagnosis of acute ischaemia and infarction: Past, present and future

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-230

  Herring, Neil ^a   Paterson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; R WAVE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33645535115     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl025     Document Type: Review

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