Atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction disorders in acute myocardial infarction: A reappraisal in the thrombolytic era

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2651-2663

  Simons, Grant R ^b   Sgarbossa, Elena ^b   Wagner, Galen ^b   Califf, Robert M ^b   Topol, Eric J ^b   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032409009     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00042.x     Document Type: Review

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