Comparison of the prognostic effect of left versus right versus no bundle branch block on presenting electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction patients treated with primary angioplasty in the primary angioplasty in myocardial infarction trials

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 482-488

  Guerrero, Mayra ^a   Harjai, Kishore ^b   Stone, Gregg W ^c   Brodie, Bruce ^d   Cox, David ^e   Boura, Judy ^a   Grines, Lorelei ^a   O'Neill, William ^a   Grines, Cindy ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Mid Carolina Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23644440479     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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