title: How many patients with acute dissection of the thoracic aorta would erroneously receive thrombolytic therapy based on the electrocardiographic findings on admission?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010343:Patient Admission; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy