Journal article
The entry ECG in the early diagnosis and prognostic stratification of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction
Abstract
475 patients with suspected uncomplicated myocardial infarction (MI) were divided into 3 groups based on their entry ECG: group 1--significant ST elevation; group 2a--ST depression or T inversion; group 2b--normal ECG. Infarction was confirmed in 99.7% of group 1, 68.5% of group 2a and 39.7% of group 2b patients. Despite similar clinical, haemodynamic and historical variables at presentation, group 1 patients had significantly larger MI, more …
Authors
YUSUF S; PEARSON M; STERRY H; PARISH S; RAMSDALE D; ROSSI P; SLEIGHT P
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 5, No. 9, pp. 690–696
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 1, 1984
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a061728
ISSN
0195-668X