Inverted U wave, a specific electrocardiographic sign of cardiac ischemia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-237

  Sovari, Ali A ^a   Farokhi, Farhad ^a   Kocheril, Abraham G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEART ENZYME; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846600389     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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