Right bundle branch block and long-term mortality in patients with acute congestive heart failure

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Mueller, C ^a   Laule Kilian, K ^a   Klima, T ^a   Breidthardt, T ^a   Hochholzer, W ^a   Perruchoud, A P ^a   Christ, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Electrocardiogram; Mortality; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWITZERLAND; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33749993513     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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