Posterior myocardial infarction: Are we failing to diagnose this?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-18

  Khan, Jamal Nasir ^a   Chauhan, Abhishek ^a   Mozdiak, Ella ^a   Khan, Jawad M ^a   Varma, Chetan ^a  

^a SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POSTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84455183719     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.099861     Document Type: Article

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