A novel prehospital electrocardiogram score predicts myocardial salvage in patients with st-segment elevation myocardial infarction evaluated by cardiac magnetic resonance

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-106

  Schoos, Mikkel Malby ^a   Lønborg, Jacob ^a   Vejlstrup, Niels ^a   Engstrøm, Thomas ^a   Bang, Lia ^a   Kelbæk, Henning ^a   Clemmensen, Peter ^a   Sejersten, Maria ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Myocardial salvage; Prehospital triage; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; CREATINE KINASE MB; EXENDIN 4; GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; ANDERSON WILKIN SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL SALVAGE INDEX; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AGE; ANDERSON WILKINS SCORE; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREHOSPITAL SALVAGE SCORE; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; THERAPY DELAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84885070985     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351226     Document Type: Article

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