ST elevation and inverted T wave as another normal variant mimicking acute myocardial infarction: The prevalence, age, gender, and racial distribution

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Roukoz, Henri ^a   Wang, Kyuhyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

early repolarization; ECG; ST elevation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 79251504905     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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