Prognostic implications of intraventricular conduction delays in a general population: The Health 2000 Survey

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-80

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

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Electrocardiography; Prognosis; Ventricular conduction disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FINN (CITIZEN); FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION DELAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84923287275     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2014.985704     Document Type: Review

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