Cardiac and neuromuscular implications of left bundle branch block in Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a,e   Blazek, Gerhard ^b   Winkler Dworak, Maria ^c   Finsterer, Josef ^d  

^a Krankenansatalt Rudolfstiftung   (Austria)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^d KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^e A 1030 Wien   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Neuromuscular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTRABECULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449179236     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70047-9     Document Type: Article

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