Prevalence of ventricular conduction blocks in the resting electrocardiogram in a general population: The Health 2000 Survey

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1953-1960

  Haataja, Petri ^a   Nikus, Kjell ^a   Kähönen, Mika ^b   Huhtala, Heini ^c   Nieminen, Tuomo ^b,g   Jula, Antti ^d   Reunanen, Antti ^d   Salomaa, Veikko ^d   Sclarovsky, Samuel ^e   Nieminen, Markku S ^f   Eskola, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

General population; Incidence; Ventricular conduction blocks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINNISH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; INCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SPECIFIC VENTRICULAR BLOCK; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R-R' PATTERN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

GENERAL POPULATION; INCIDENCE; VENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCKS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REST;

EID: 84883308035     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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