Electrocardiographic presentation of global ischemia in acute coronary syndrome predicts poor outcome

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 494-502

  Nikus, Kjell C ^a   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^b   Huhtala, Heini ^c   Niemelä, Kari ^a   Karhunen, Pekka ^a   Eskola, Markku J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Left main disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ISCHEMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; T WAVE INVERSION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84864074453     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.585345     Document Type: Article

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