Utility of left bundle branch block as a diagnostic criterion for acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1111-1116

  Jain, Sonia ^a   Ting, Henry T ^a   Bell, Malcolm ^a   Bjerke, Christine M ^a   Lennon, Ryan J ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Prasad, Abhiram ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SGARBOSSA SCORE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RISK SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953250206     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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