New-onset conduction defects and their relationship with in-hospital major cardiac events in unstable angina pectoris

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 521-525

  Okmen, Ertan ^a,b   Gurol, Tayfun ^a   Erdinler, Izzet ^a   Sanli, Arda ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

^a Siyami Ersek Cardiovasc Thorac S ^*  (Turkey)

^b Feyzullah C Acelya S Dilek A   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Conduction defects; Major cardiac events; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN;

EID: 4344669483     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200312000-00001     Document Type: Article

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