Electrocardiographic diagnosis of coronary syndromes in the critical care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1546-1547

  Engel, Toby R ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial injury; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

CALIBRATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RELIABILITY; ST SEGMENT; HEART INFARCTION; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646567764     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000216186.56865.9B     Document Type: Editorial

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