Bundle-branch block in middle-aged men: Risk of complications and death over 28 years - The primary prevention study in Göteborg, Sweden

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2300-2306

  Eriksson, Peter ^a,b   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; High degree atrioventricular block; Ischaemic heart disease; Prognosis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY RISK; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 27544457227     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi580     Document Type: Article

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