Pre-hospital evaluation of electrocardiographic grade 3 ischemia predicts infarct progression and final infarct size in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 556-565

  Ringborn, Michael ^a,b   Birnbaum, Yochai ^c   Nielsen, Søren Steen ^d   Kaltoft, Anne Kjer ^e   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^e   Pahlm, Olle ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^f   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a   Terkelsen, Christian Juhl ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Clinical Diagnostics Hospital of South West Jutland   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Ischemia grading; Single photon emission computed tomography; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Terminal QRS distortion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRE HOSPITAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905102305     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.04.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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