Sinus bradycardia as a predictor of right coronary artery occlusion in patients with inferior myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Serrano Jr , Carlos V ^a   Bortolotto, Luiz A ^a   César, Luiz Antônio M ^a   Solimene, Maria C ^a   Mansur, Antonio P ^a   Nicolau, José Carlos ^a   Ramires, José Antônio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; ECG; Heart rate; Inferior myocardial infarction; Sinus bradycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SMOKING;

BRADYCARDIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032956856     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00344-1     Document Type: Article

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