Clinical significance of late high-degree atrioventricular block in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after an acute myocardial infarction-A cardiac arrhythmias and risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction (CARISMA) substudy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 542-547

  Gang, Uffe Jakob Ortved ^a,b   Jøns, Christian ^a,b   Jørgensen, Rikke Mørch ^a   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^c   Messier, Marc D ^d   Haarbo, Jens ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^e   Thomsen, Poul Erik Bloch ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052297563     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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