QRS prolongation in patients with acute coronary syndromes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-598

  Baslaib, Fahad ^a   Alkaabi, Salem ^a   Yan, Andrew T ^a,b   Yan, Raymond T ^a,b   Dorian, Paul ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^c   Casanova, Amparo ^b   Goodman, Shaun G ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QRS PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 77950134376     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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