Electrocardiographic changes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients with complete occlusion of the left main trunk without collateral circulation: Differential diagnosis and clinical considerations

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 487-490

  Fiol, Miquel ^a   Carrillo, Andrés ^a   Rodríguez, Alberto ^a   Pascual, Marcos ^a   Bethencourt, Armando ^a   Bayés De Luna, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiogenic shock; Left main trunk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865492616     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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