Two-decade-long trends (1975-1997) in the incidence, hospitalization, and long-term death rates associated with complete heart block complicating acute myocardial infarction: A community-wide perspective

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 500-507

  Spencer, Frederick A ^a   Jabbour, Samer ^b   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Ravid, Shmuel ^b   Zaleskas, Virginia ^a   Hyder, Michael ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0347295981     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.4     Document Type: Article

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