Electrocardiographic localization of the occlusion site in left anterior descending coronary artery in acute anterior myocardial infarction

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-319

  Vasudevan, Karthik ^a   Manjunath, C N ^a   Srinivas, K H ^a   Prabhavathi, ^a   Davidson, Deepak ^a   Kumar, Sampath ^a   Yavagal, S T ^a  

^a SRI JAYADEVA INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary artery disease; Electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 9244231102     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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