Left bundle branch block and mortality in patients with acute heart failure syndrome: A substudy of the EFICA cohort

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Huvelle, Etienne ^a   Fay, Renaud ^a   Alla, Franois ^b   Cohen Solal, Alain ^c   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^c   Zannad, Faiez ^a  

^a Hô Pital Jeanne d'Arc   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149166481     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp180     Document Type: Article

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