Relation of Bundle Branch Block to Long-Term (Four-Year) Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Systolic Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 540-544

  Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a   Garty, Moshe ^b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^c   Sandach, Amir ^d   Laish Farkash, Avishag ^c   Eldar, Michael ^c   Glikson, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551682153     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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