Significance of fragmented QRS complexes for identifying culprit lesions in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single-center, retrospective analysis of 183 cases

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Guo, Rong ^a   Li, Yuanmin ^a   Xu, Yawei ^a   Tang, Kai ^a   Li, Weimin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Electrocardiogram; Fragmented QRS complexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862287287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-44     Document Type: Article

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