Right bundle branch block during the acute phase of myocardial infarction: Modern redefinitions of old concepts

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Di Chiara, Antonio ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 28944448408     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi552     Document Type: Editorial

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