Prevalence and factors associated with false-positive ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction diagnoses at primary percutaneous coronary intervention-capable centers: A report from the activate-SF registry

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 864-871

  McCabe, James M ^a   Armstrong, Ehrin J ^b   Kulkarni, Ameya ^c   Hoffmayer, Kurt S ^c   Bhave, Prashant D ^e   Garg, Sonia ^d   Patel, Ateet ^d   MacGregor, John S ^c,f   Hsue, Priscilla ^c,f   Stein, John C ^d   Kinlay, Scott ^a,g   Ganz, Peter ^c,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862274068     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.945     Document Type: Article

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