Cargando…

Pre-hospital transthoracic echocardiography for early identification of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients with acute coronary syndrome

BACKGROUND: Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is a common manifestation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but delayed diagnosis can increase mortality. In this proof of principle study, the emergency physician performed transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) on scene to determine whether...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bergmann, Ingo, Büttner, Benedikt, Teut, Elena, Jacobshagen, Claudius, Hinz, José, Quintel, Michael, Mansur, Ashham, Roessler, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29409525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1929-1

Ejemplares similares