ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: Classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 404-414

  Hanna, Elias B ^a   Glancy, David Luke ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 79958279903     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10077     Document Type: Review

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