PR depression is useful in the differential diagnosis of myopericarditis and ST elevation myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-145

  Porela, Pekka ^a   Kytö, Ville ^a   Nikus, Kjell ^b   Eskola, Markku ^b   Airaksinen, K E J ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere Heart Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; myocardial infarction; myopericarditis

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PERICARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; PR SEGMENT DEPRESSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QT PROLONGATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860477668     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2012.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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