Electrocardiographic features in patients with acute myocardial infarction with left main coronary artery occlusion

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1059-1060

  Kurisu, S ^a   Inoue, I ^a   Kawagoe, T ^a   Ishihara, M ^a   Shimatani, Y ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Mitsuba, N ^a   Hata, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 4344594936     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026799     Document Type: Article

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