Clinical features of emergency electrocardiography in patients with acute myocardial infarction caused by left main trunk obstruction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-529

  Hirano, Tomohisa ^a   Tsuchiya, Kunihiko ^a   Nishigaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Sou, Kenji ^a   Kubota, Tomoki ^a   Ojio, Shinsuke ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a   Ueno, Katsumi ^b   Hosokawa, Hiroaki ^c   Morita, Norihiko ^d   Nagano, Toshihiko ^e   Suzuki, Takahiko ^f   Watanabe, Sachirou ^g  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gifu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Toyohashi Medical Center   (Japan)

^d Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^e NAGARA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^g GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Left main trunk; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERIES; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33646080803     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.525     Document Type: Article

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