Recurrent symptomatic bilateral bundle branch block in a 74-year-old patient with a prosthetic aortic valve: A description of a case and review of the literature

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-286

  Lehmann, Günter ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Bilateral bundle branch block; Left bundle branch block; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032740353     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00148-5     Document Type: Article

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