Are right and left bundle branch block similarly associated with increased risk of mortality?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 318-319

  Behar, Solomon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035126252     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00635-0     Document Type: Editorial

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