Identifying false-positive ST-elevation myocardial infarction in emergency department patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-567

  Nfor, Tonga ^a   Kostopoulos, Louie ^a   Hashim, Hani ^b   Jan, M Fuad ^a   Gupta, Anjan ^a   Bajwa, Tanvir ^a   Allaqaband, Suhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; differential diagnosis; false positive; predictors; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867336716     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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