Right bundle branch block: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome in the general population: Results from the Copenhagen City Heart Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-146

  Bussink, Barbara E ^a,b   Holst, Anders G ^c   Jespersen, Lasse ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^b   Jensen, Gorm B ^a   Prescott, Eva ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872236530     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs291     Document Type: Article

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