Acute occlusion of the left main trunk presenting as ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-78

  Aygul, Nazif ^a   Salamov, Elvin ^a   Dogan, Umuttan ^a   Tokac, Mehmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiography; Left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 71649090303     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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