The presence of ST-elevation in lead aVR predicts significant left main coronary artery stenosis in cardiogenic shock resulting from myocardial infarction: The Manitoba cardiogenic shock registry

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-468

  Ducas, Robin ^a   Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^b   Philipp, Roger ^a   Ducas, John ^a   Elliott, Jason ^c   Jassal, Davinder ^a   Tam, James ^a   Garber, Philip ^a   Shaikh, Nasir ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic Shock; Lead aVR; Left main; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVR LEAD; CANADA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 84878019532     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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