Acute myocardial infarction with left bundle-branch block: disproportional anterior ST elevation due to right ventricular myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle-branch block

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-347

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Heegaard, William ^a,b   Bachour, Fouad A ^a,b   Brady, William J ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 40749098437     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.032     Document Type: Article

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