Long-term prognosis in patients with bifascicular block - The predictive value of noninvasive and invasive assessment

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-38

  Tabrizi, F ^a   Rosenqvist, M ^a   Bergfeldt, L ^b   Englund, A ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Bifascicular block; Prognosis; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIFASCICULAR BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33745132363     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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