title: Importance of left anterior hemiblock development in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Of the 87 consecutive patients admitted with first inferior wall acute myocardial infarction, 17 had acute left anterior hemiblock. The appearance of left anterior hemiblock identified a specific group with more extensive coronary artery disease and suggests disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sclarovsky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Herz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solodky
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sulkes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strasberg
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome