Usefulness of Either or Both Left and Right Bundle Branch Block at Baseline or During Follow-Up for Predicting Death in Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 647-650

  Bogale, Nigussie ^a   Ørn, Stein ^a   James, Margaret ^c   McCarroll, Kathleen ^c   de Luna, Antonio Bayès ^d   Dickstein, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Hospital Santa Cruz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33847081200     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.09.113     Document Type: Article

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