Effect of Bundle Branch Block Patterns on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1303-1308

  Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Leor, Jonathan ^a   Goldbourt, Uri ^a   Garty, Moshe ^b   Schwartz, Roseline ^a   Behar, Solomon ^a   Luria, David ^a   Eldar, Michael ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049110179     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.12.035     Document Type: Article

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