What is the significance of unrecognized non-Q-wave myocardial infarction?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Chow, Clara Kayei ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; SHORT SURVEY; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 66149084396     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000060     Document Type: Short Survey

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