Primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction with right bundle branch block: Should new onset right bundle branch block be added to future guidelines as an indication for reperfusion therapy?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-95

  Widimsky, Petr ^a   Roháč, Filip ^a   Štásek, Josef ^b   Kala, Petr ^c   Rokyta, Richard ^b   Kuzmanov, Boyko ^d   Jakl, Martin ^b   Poloczek, Martin ^c   Kaňovský, Jan ^c   Bernat, Ivo ^b   Hlinomaz, Ota ^e   Bělohlávek, Jan ^b   Král, Ales ^b   Mrázek, Vratislav ^b   Grigorov, Vladimir ^f   Djambazov, Slaveyko ^d   Petr, Robert ^a   Knot, Jiri ^a   Bílková, Dana ^a   Fischerová, Michaela ^a   Vondrák, Karel ^a   Malý, Marek ^g   Lorencová, Alena ^a   more..

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d Bulgarian Cardiology Institute   (Bulgaria)

^e ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^f Cardiac Center   (South Africa)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Left bundle branch block; Primary angioplasty; Reperfusion; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY OCCLUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855481001     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr291     Document Type: Article

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