Rapid progression of wellens syndrome in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-670

  Donahue, Brian ^a   Chan, Shu B ^a   Bhandarkar, Steve ^b  

^a RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

case report; ECG; emergency department; Wellens syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; WELLEN SYNDROME;

AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84867334839     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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