American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , July 2006

The 12-lead electrocardiogram as a predictive tool of mortality after acute myocardial infarction: Current status in an era of revascularization and reperfusion

  • Mircea Petrina, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
    • University of Illinois at Chicago Michael Reese Hospital Program, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mircea Petrina, MD, Department of Cardiology, Michael Reese Hospital, 2929 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616.
    • ,
  • Shaun G. Goodman, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Kim A. Eagle, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Received 5 April 2005 ,Accepted 11 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.11.007

American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , July 2006

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