Consideration of Pitfalls in and Omissions from the Current ECG Standards for Diagnosis of Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction in Patients Who Have Acute Coronary Syndromes

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Wagner, Galen ^a   Lim, Tobin ^a   Gettes, Leonard ^d   Gorgels, Anton ^e   Josephson, Mark ^f   Wellens, Hein ^e   Anderson, Stanley ^g   Childers, Rory ^h   Clemmensen, Peter ⁱ   Kligfield, Paul ^k   Macfarlane, Peter ^b   Pahlm, Olle ^c   Selvester, Ronald ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 33748593370     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2006.04.012     Document Type: Review

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