Electrocardiographic Signs of Remote Myocardial Infarction

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-208

  Michael, Mark A ^a   El Masry, Hicham ^a   Khan, Bilal R ^a   Das, Mithilesh K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35448933972     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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