Prinzmetal's work and the "Sclarovsky-Birnbaum ischemia score" for acute myocardial infarction: a parallel in systematizing electrocardiographic knowledge

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Madias, John E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Ischemia score; Ischemic injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; T WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 57349160264     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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