Using the 12-lead ECG to diagnose acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-61

  Spiers, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; ECG; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846609618     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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