Acute myocardial infarction and complete bundle branch block at hospital admission: Clinical characteristics and outcome in the thrombolytic era

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Sgarbossa, Elena B ^a   Pinski, Sergio L ^a   Topol, Eric J ^a   Califf, Robert M ^b   Barbagelata, Alejandro ^c   Goodman, Shaun G ^d   Gates, Kathy B ^b   Granger, Christopher B ^b   Miller, Dave P ^a   Underwood, Donald A ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031883025     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00446-4     Document Type: Article

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