Frequency and prognostic significance of high-degree atrioventricular block in patients with a first non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction. The SPRINT Study Group. Second Prevention Reinfarction Israeli Nifedipine Trial.
Patients with a first non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction with high-degree atrioventricular block were compared with patients without atrioventricular block. In-hospital complications and mortality were significantly higher among patients with atrioventricular block; atrioventricular block emerged as an important prognostic predictor of early mortality in these patients.
Haim
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Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Hod
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Kaplinsky
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Reicher-Reiss
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Barzilay
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Boyko
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Goldbourt
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Behar
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000150:complications; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate