Clinical symptoms and myocardial infarction in left bundle branch block patients

Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 100-104

  Shlipak, Michael G ^a,b,d   Go, Alan S ^a,c   Lyons, William L ^b   Browner, Warren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Myocardial infarction; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033932788     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007009     Document Type: Article

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