12-Lead ECG Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension Occur More Frequently in Emergency Department Patients With Pulmonary Embolism Than in Patients Without Pulmonary Embolism

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-335

  Marchick, Michael R ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^b   Kabrhel, Christopher ^c   Nordenholz, Kristen E ^d   Plewa, Michael C ^e   Richman, Peter B ^f   Smithline, Howard A ^g   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 77949659666     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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