作者
G Coppola, P Carità, E Corrado, A Borrelli, A Rotolo, M Guglielmo, C Nugara, L Ajello, M Santomauro, S Novo
发表日期
2013/7/1
来源
Indian heart journal
卷号
65
期号
4
页码范围
412-423
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Chest pain is one of the chief presenting complaints among patients attending Emergency department. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction may be a challenge. Various tools such as anamnesis, blood sample (with evaluation of markers of myocardial necrosis), ultrasound techniques and coronary computed tomography could be useful. However, the interpretation of electrocardiograms of these patients may be a real concern. The earliest manifestations of myocardial ischemia typically interest T waves and ST segment. Despite the high sensitivity, ST segment deviation has however poor specificity since it may be observed in many other cardiac and non-cardiac conditions. Therefore, when ST–T abnormalities are detected the physicians should take into account many other parameters (such as risk factors, symptoms and anamnesis) and all the other differential diagnoses. The aim of our review is to …
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