Denying reperfusion or falsely declaring emergency: the dilemma posed by ST-segment elevation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Barbagelata, Alejandro ^a   Ware, David L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; ST segment elevation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ARRHYTHMIA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749250000     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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