Bundle-branch block in a general male population: The study of men born 1913

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2494-2500

  Eriksson, Peter ^a   Hansson, Per Olof ^a   Eriksson, Henry ^a   Dellborg, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Epidemiology; Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032401744     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.22.2494     Document Type: Article

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