The prognostic significance of bundle branch block in high-risk chronic stable vascular disease patients: A report from the HOPE trial

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 781-787

  Sumner, Glen ^a,b   Salehian, Omid ^a,b   Yi, Qilong ^b   Healey, Jeff ^a,b   Mathew, James ^c   Al Merri, Khalid ^a   Al Nemer, Khaled ^a   Mann, J F E ^d   Dagenais, Gilles ^e   Lonn, Eva ^a,b,f  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial infarction; Right bundle branch block; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH AMERICA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAMIPRIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 67649556650     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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