Conduction disturbances in acute myocardial infarction: A clinical study and brief review of the literature

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Shirafkan, Ahmadali ^a   Mehrad, Mitra ^b   Gholamrezanezhad, Ali ^c,d,e   Shirafkan, Ali ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conduction disturbances; Heart block; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66949148779     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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