Wellens' syndrome: Significance of ECG pattern recognition in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 750-751

  Lilaonitkul, M ^a,b   Robinson, K ^a   Roberts, M ^a  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; WELLEN SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 70349321688     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.067470     Document Type: Article

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