Etiologies of left bundle branch block and correlations with hemodynamic and angiographic findings

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1375-1378

  Jain, Abnash C ^a   Mehta, Mahaveer C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCARDITIS; MYXEDEMA; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0038626334     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00337-0     Document Type: Article

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