Left bundle branch block as an electrocardiographic pattern at presentation of patients with Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-103

  Parodi, Guido ^a   Salvadori, Claudia ^a   Del Pace, Stefano ^a   Bellandi, Benedetta ^a   Carrabba, Nazario ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a   Antoniucci, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Left bundle branch block; Outcome; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149101774     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831a6a26     Document Type: Article

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