Diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block with the ST-elevation to S-wave ratio in a modified sgarbossa rule

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 766-776

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Dodd, Kenneth W ^a   Henry, Timothy D ^c   Dvorak, David M ^d   Pearce, Lesly A ^e  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Biostatistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; S WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SGARBOSSA RULE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY OCCLUSION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870251018     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.119     Document Type: Article

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