Differences Between Local Hospital and Core Laboratory Interpretation of the Admission Electrocardiogram in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes and Their Relation to Outcome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Yan, Raymond T ^a   Yan, Andrew T ^a   Allegrone, Jeanna ^b   López Sendón, José ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^d   Gore, Joel M ^b   Budaj, Andrzej ^e   Georgescu, Alina A ^a   Hassan, Quamrul ^a   Luchansky, Janna ^a   Van de Werf, Frans ^f   Goodman, Shaun G ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447306047     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.074     Document Type: Article

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