Incidence, clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of left bundle-branch block in acute myocardial infarction;Incidencia, caracteristicas clinicas y significacion pronostica del bloqueo de rama izquierda asociado a infarto agudo de miocardio

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Moreno, Antonio Melgarejo ^a   Tomás, José Galcerá ^b   Alberola, Arcadio García ^c   Sánchez, Antonio González ^a   Pagán, Francisco Jiménez ^a   Mingorance, Guillermo Vignote ^a   Ayuso, José Galán ^a   García, Pascual Rodríguez ^b  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Left bundle branch block; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TIME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032943447     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(99)74906-7     Document Type: Article

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