ST-segment depression in aVR as a predictor of culprit artery and infarct size in acute inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-135

  Kanei, Yumiko ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Diwan, Ravi ^a   Sklash, Ron ^a   Vales, Lori L ^a   Fox, John T ^a   Schweitzer, Paul ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG; Inferior wall; Lead aVR; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76349101170     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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