How reliable is electrocardiography in differentiating transmural from non-transmural myocardial infarction? A study with contrast magnetic resonance imaging as gold standard

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-423

  Sievers, Burkhard ^a   John, Binu ^a   Brandts, Bodo ^a   Franken, Ulrich ^a   Van Bracht, Marc ^a   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; R WAVE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T WAVE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 9244251052     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.10.025     Document Type: Article

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