Incomplete right bundle branch block: A novel electrocardiographic marker for lone atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Nielsen, Jonas Bille ^a,b   Olesen, Morten Salling ^a,b   Tangø, Mogens ^c   Haunsø, Stig ^a,b   Holst, Anders Gaarsdal ^a,b   Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Downsloping ST segment; IRBBB; Lone AF; PR interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE OF HIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251493835     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq436     Document Type: Article

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