Right bundle branch block: Varying electrocardiographic patterns. Aetiological correlation, mechanisms and electrophysiology

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Venugopalan, P ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Conduction defect; RBBB; Right bundle branch block; Varying ECG patterns; Ventricular depolarization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032881258     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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