Incidence and prognostic significance of right bundle branch block in patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving thrombolytic therapy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-141

  Moreno, Antonio Melgarejo ^a   Alberola, Arcadi García ^b   Tomás, José Galcerá ^c   Chávarri, Mariano Valdés ^b   Soria, Francisco Castillo ^c   Sánchez, Enrique Mira ^b   Sánchez, Javier Gil ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario Del Rosell   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Right bundle branch block; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANISTREPLASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOKINASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0030773066     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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