Discriminating between right coronary artery and circumflex artery occlusion by using a noninvasive 18-lead electrocardiogram

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Wung, Shu Fen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 36049052187     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2007.16.1.63     Document Type: Article

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