New criteria for the diagnosis of healed inferior wall myocardial infarction in patients with left bundle branch block

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-22

  Laham, Charles L ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030640799     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00669-8     Document Type: Article

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