Outcomes in patients with chronicity of left bundle-branch block with possible acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 698-704

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b   Aziz, Hammad A ^a   Chau, Vinh Q ^a   Roberts, Charlotte S ^a   Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Vetrovec, George W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953710845     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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