Vectorcardiographic and electrocardiographic criteria to distinguish new and old left bundle branch block

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1085-1092

  Shvilkin, Alexei ^a,c   Bojovic, Bosko ^b   Vajdic, Branislav ^b   Gussak, Ihor ^b   Ho, Kalon K ^c   Zimetbaum, Peter ^c   Josephson, Mark E ^c  

^a South Shore Hospital   (United States)

^b NewCardio Inc   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac memory; Electrocardiography; Left bundle branch block; Vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TACHYCARDIA; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956841536     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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