Cellular video-phone assisted transmission and interpretation of prehospital 12-lead electrocardiogram in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-118

  Gonzalez, Manuel A ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Rodrigo, Maria E ^a   Gaglia Jr , Michael A ^a   Ben Dor, Itsik ^a   Maluenda, Gabriel ^a   Hanna, Nicholas ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Torguson, Rebecca ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; RATING SCALE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE INVERSION; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79953766420     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2010.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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