Electrocardiographic presentations of left main or severe triple vessel disease in acute coronary syndromes-an overview

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Nikus, Kjell C ^a   Eskola, Markku J ^a   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Procardia Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 33749064913     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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