Evolving considerations in the management of patients with left bundle branch block and suspected myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-105

  Neeland, Ian J ^a   Kontos, Michael C ^b   De Lemos, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; fibrinolysis; left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84863425033     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.054     Document Type: Review

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