“False-Positive” Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activation Among Patients With Suspected ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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19 December 2007

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Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 298 (23) , 2754-2760
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.23.2754

Abstract

Despite its limitations, the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) remains a key diagnostic tool directing the emergency management of patients with an acute myocardial infarction.¹ In 1980, DeWood et al² reported that patients presenting with acute chest pain, persistent ST-segment elevation progressing to Q waves, and elevations of cardiac biomarker levels were found to have a total thrombotic coronary occlusion in 87% of cases. A variety of other serious conditions aside from an acute myocardial infarction may also cause ST-segment elevation.³

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