Time relation between a syncopal event and documentation of atrioventricular block in patients with bifascicular block: Clinical implications

Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-143

  Tabrizi, Fariborz ^a   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^a   Bergfeldt, Lennart ^b   Englund, Anders ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block, high degree; Bifascicular block; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIFASCICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRADYCARDIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548098947     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096038     Document Type: Article

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