Left is worse than right: The outcome of bundle branch block in middle-aged men

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2222-2223

  Van Hemel, Norbert M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SWEDEN;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27544449834     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi390     Document Type: Editorial

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