Predisposing factors and prognostic value of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1670-1676

  Mont, Lluís ^a   Cinca, Juan ^a   Blanch, Pedro ^a   Blanco, José ^a   Figueras, Jaume ^a   Brotons, Carlos ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030463972     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00383-X     Document Type: Article

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