Incidence and clinical impact of right bundle branch block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction versus non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-261

  Kleemann, Thomas ^a   Juenger, Claus ^a   Gitt, Anselm Kai ^a   Schiele, Rudolf ^a   Schneider, Steffen ^a   Senges, Jochen ^a   Darius, Harald ^b   Seidl, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATION; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 47649083279     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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