Predicting the culprit artery in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and introducing a new algorithm to predict infarct-related artery in inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: correlation with coronary anatomy in the HAAMU Trial

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-127

  Tierala, Ilkka ^a   Nikus, Kjell C ^b   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^c   Syvänne, Mikko ^a   Eskola, Markku ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Procardia Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Culprit artery; ECG; HAAMU Trial; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 60349110013     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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