ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats

Elias B Hanna; David Luke Glancy

doi:10.3949/ccjm.78a.10077

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ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats

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ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats

Elias B Hanna and David Luke Glancy

Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Vol.78(6), pp.404-414

06/2011

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10077

PMID: 21632912

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Abstract

Heightened awareness of the characteristic patterns of ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion is paramount to quickly identifying life-threatening disorders. This paper reviews how to distinguish the various causes of these abnormalities.

Diagnosis, Differential

Diagnostic Errors

Electrocardiography

Heart Diseases - diagnosis

Humans

Hypokalemia - diagnosis

Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis

Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis

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Title: Subtitle: ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats
Creators: Elias B Hanna - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
David Luke Glancy - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Vol.78(6), pp.404-414
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10077
PMID: 21632912
ISSN: 0891-1150
eISSN: 1939-2869
Language: English
Date published: 06/2011
Academic Unit: Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359776302771

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