Clinical and angiographic findings of complete atrioventricular block in acute inferior myocardial infarction

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Jim, Man Hong ^a   Chan, Annie O O ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Barold, Serge S ^b   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; REPERFUSION; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK;

EID: 77950910236     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.v39n3p185     Document Type: Article

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