Importance of left anterior hemiblock development in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Assali
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Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Sclarovsky
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Herz
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Solodky
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Sulkes
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J
Strasberg
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B
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