Isolated bundle branch block and left ventricular dysfunction

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Lee, Seung Joon ^b   McCulloch, Charles ^b   Mangat, Iqwal ^b   Foster, Elyse ^b   De Marco, Teresa ^b   Saxon, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular dysfunction; Ventricular dyssynchrony; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0344950511     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.19     Document Type: Article

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