The ST injury vector: electrocardiogram-based estimation of location and extent of myocardial ischemia

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Andersen, Mads P ^a   Terkelsen, Christian J ^b   Sørensen, Jacob T ^b   Kaltoft, Anne K ^b   Nielsen, Søren S ^b   Struijk, Johannes J ^a   Bøtker, Hans E ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Injury current; Injury vector; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; ST Compass; ST depression; ST deviation; ST elevation; ST injury vector; STEMI

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT INJURY VECTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 76249127470     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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