New criteria based on ST changes in 12-lead surface ECG to detect proximal versus distal right coronary artery occlusion in a case of acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-388

  Fiol, Miquel ^a   Carrillo, Andrés ^a   Cygankiewicz, Iwona ^b   Ayestarán, José ^a   Caldés, Onofre ^a   Feral, Vicente ^a   Bethencourt, Armando ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   Bayés De Luna, Antoni ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Inferior myocardial infarction; RCA occlusion; ST changes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ELECTRODE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544386338     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2004.94585.x     Document Type: Article

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