Complete atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1721-1728

  Harpaz, David ^a   Behar, Solomon ^b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^b   Boyko, Valentina ^b   Kishon, Yehezkiel ^a   Eldar, Michael ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0033571503     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00431-3     Document Type: Article

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