Should the Electrocardiogram Be Used to Guide Therapy for Patients With Left Bundle-Branch Block and Suspected Myocardial Infarction? | Zendy

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Should the Electrocardiogram Be Used to Guide Therapy for Patients With Left Bundle-Branch Block and Suspected Myocardial Infarction?

Author(s) -

Michael G. Shlipak

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.281.8.714

Subject(s) - medicine , left bundle branch block , myocardial infarction , thrombolysis , chest pain , cardiology , bundle branch block , myocardial infarction diagnosis , electrocardiography , retrospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , emergency department , stroke (engine) , cohort , confidence interval , algorithm , heart failure , radiology , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , computer science , engineering

Recently, an algorithm based on the electrocardiogram (ECG) was reported to predict myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with left bundle-branch block (LBBB), but the clinical impact of this testing strategy is unknown.

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