Intraventricular conduction defects in patients with congestive heart failure: Left but not right bundle branch block is an independent predictor of prognosis. A report from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure (IN-CHF database)

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 607-613

  Baldasseroni, Samuele ^a   Gentile, Anna ^b   Gorini, Marco ^a   Marchionni, Niccolò ^c   Marini, Maurizio ^a   Masotti, Giulio ^c   Porcu, Maurizio ^d   Maggioni, Aldo P ^a  

^a ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Congestive heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2142725974     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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