Mortality risk associated with bundle branch blocks and related repolarization abnormalities (from the Women's Health Initiative [WHI])

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1489-1495

  Zhang, Zhu Ming ^a   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^a   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a   Manson, Joann E ^b   Cain, Michael E ^c   Martin, Lisa W ^d   Bavry, Anthony A ^e   Mehta, Laxmi ^f   Vitolins, Mara ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84868194436     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.06.060     Document Type: Article

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