Electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in children: Is a diagnostic electrocardiogram always diagnostic?

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 440-444

  Gazit, Avihu Z ^a   Avari, Jennifer N ^a   Balzer, David T ^a   Rhee, Edward K ^a,b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b One Children's Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Infarction; Ischemia; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547680290     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0170     Document Type: Article

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