Implications of left bundle branch block in patient treatment

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-300

  Kumar, Vineet ^a   Venkataraman, Rajesh ^a   Aljaroudi, Wael ^b   Osorio, Jose ^a,c   Heo, Jaekyeong ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^a   Hage, Fadi G ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYMPTOM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WORKLOAD;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84872048482     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.09.029     Document Type: Review

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