Electrocardiographic Criteria for Detecting Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block: A Meta-analysis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tabas, Jeffrey A ^a   Rodriguez, Robert M ^a   Seligman, Hilary K ^b   Goldschlager, Nora F ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 52049098924     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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