Prevalence and outcome of patients with left bundle branch block and suspected acute myocardial infarction

Núria Farré; Jordi Mercè; Mercè Camprubí; Mohsen Mohandes; Jordi Guarinos; Francisco Fernández; Xavier Oliva; Alfredo Bardají; CODI IAM Registry Investigators

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.123

Prevalence and outcome of patients with left bundle branch block and suspected acute myocardial infarction

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1:182:164-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.123. Epub 2014 Dec 30.

Authors

Núria Farré¹, Jordi Mercè¹, Mercè Camprubí¹, Mohsen Mohandes¹, Jordi Guarinos¹, Francisco Fernández², Xavier Oliva², Alfredo Bardají³; CODI IAM Registry Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
² Department of Cardiology, Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, IISPV, Universitat Rovira Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. Electronic address: abardaji@comt.es.

PMID: 25577753
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.123

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndromes; Left bundle branch block; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Bundle-Branch Block / complications
Bundle-Branch Block / epidemiology*
Electrocardiography*
Female
Hospital Mortality / trends
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Spain / epidemiology
Survival Rate / trends