Compromised atrial coronary anatomy is associated with atrial arrhythmias and atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-278

  Tjandrawidjaja, Michael C ^a   Fu, Yuling ^a   Kim, Daniel H ^a   Burton, Jeffrey R ^a   Lindholm, Lee ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular block; Atrium; Fibrinolysis; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; STAPHYLOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 21244439499     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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