The absence of the ST-segment elevation in acute coronary artery thrombosis: What does not fit, the patient or the explanation?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-10

  Stankovic, Ivan ^a   Ilic, Ivan ^a   Panic, Milos ^a   Vlahovic Stipac, Alja ^a   Putnikovic, Biljana ^a   Neskovic, Aleksandar N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; ST segment elevation; Subendocardial regional ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78650419056     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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