Prevalence, Patterns of Development, and Prognosis of Right Bundle Branch Block in Heart Transplant Recipients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1288-1290

  Marcus, Gregory M ^a   Hoang, Khanh L ^b   Hunt, Sharon A ^c   Chun, Sung H ^d   Lee, Byron K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b North Texas Poison Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CALIFORNIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750043768     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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