Electrocardiographic classification of acute coronary syndromes: a review by a committee of the International Society for Holter and Non-Invasive Electrocardiology

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-103

  Nikus, Kjell ^a   Pahlm, Olle ^f   Wagner, Galen ^e   Birnbaum, Yochai ^d   Cinca, Juan ^j   Clemmensen, Peter ^h   Eskola, Markku ^a   Fiol, Miquel ⁱ   Goldwasser, Diego ^j   Gorgels, Anton ^g   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^c   Stern, Shlomo ^k   Wellens, Hein ^l   Zareba, Wojciech ^m   de Luna, Antoni Bayés ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

^c Procardia Medical Center   (Israel)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^k HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CELL DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76449084495     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.07.009     Document Type: Review

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