Electrocardiographic differentiation of early repolarization from subtle anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56.e2

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Khalil, Ayesha ^c   Henry, Timothy D ^b,c,d   Rosas, Melissa ^a   Chang, Richard J ^a   Heller, Kimberly ^e   Scharrer, Erik ^b,g   Ghorashi, Mina ^a   Pearce, Lesly A ^f  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^f Biostatistical Consulting   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

EID: 84862681255     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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