Incidence, clinical characteristics, and prognostic significance of right bundle-branch block in acute myocardial infarction: A study in the thrombolytic era

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1139-1144

  Melgarejo Moreno, Antonio ^a   Galcerá Tomás, Jose ^b   García Alberola, Arcadio ^c   Valdés Chavarri, Mariano ^c   Castillo Soria, Francisco J ^c   Mira Sánchez, Enrique ^c   Gil Sánchez, Javier ^a   Allegue Gallego, Jose ^a  

^a Hospital Virgen del Rosell   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0343036174     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1139     Document Type: Article

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