ST segment elevation in lead aVR and coronary artery lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-14

  Rostoff, Paweł ^a   Piwowarska, Wiesława ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; aVR lead; ECG; Left main coronary artery stenosis; Three vessel disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROBABILITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33645966597     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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