Utility of lead aVR for identifying the culprit lesion in acute myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Kühl, Jørgen Tobias ^a,b   Berg, Ronan M G ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

Author keywords

AVR; Culprit lesion; ECG; Ischemia; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN STEM STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68049143468     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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