Journal article
Thirty-year trends (1975-2005) in the magnitude and hospital death rates associated with complete heart block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A population-based perspective
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The contemporary magnitude and prognostic implications of complete heart block (CHB) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are unknown. As part of a community-based study of patients hospitalized with AMI in the Worcester, MA, metropolitan area, changes over time in the incidence rates of CHB complicating AMI and the prognostic impact of CHB on short-term survival were examined.
METHODS: The study population consisted …
Authors
Nguyen HL; Lessard D; Spencer FA; Yarzebski J; Zevallos JC; Gore JM; Goldberg RJ
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 156, No. 2, pp. 227–233
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.011
ISSN
0002-8703