Predictors and Implications of Q-Waves in ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-151

  LaBounty, Troy ^a   Gurm, Hitinder S ^b,c   Goodman, Shaun G ^d,e   Montalescot, Gilles ^f   Lopez Sendon, Jose ^g   Quill, Ann ^h   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58649090052     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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