| Long-term survival of patients with incomplete bundle-branch block complicating acute myocardial infarction. | |
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PMID: 1191453 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Electrocardiograms and His bundle electrograms were reviewed in 28 patients with incomplete bilateral bundle-branch block complicating acute myocardial infarction. All had a His bundle electrogram at the time of pacemaker insertion; 10 had a second one. Of 23 patients with an initially abnormal HV interval (55 ms or greater), 15 died (65%), while only one died (20%) in the group of 5 with a normal HV interval. This difference is not statistically significant. Sequential His bundle electrograms were done in 6 of the 8 survivors with an initially abnormal HV interval, and 4 showed 10 to 15 ms decrease in HV interval. The disappearance of incomplete bilateral bundle-branch block occurred significantly more often in patients who survived (7 of 12) when compared with those who did not survive (2 of 16) (P less than 0.05). It is concluded that long-term survival is po-sible after incomplete bilateral bundle-branch block complicating acute myocardial infarction. The characteristics of the survivors include an initially normal HV interval, transient incomplete belateral bundle-branch block and a decreasing HV interval if it were initially abnormal. |
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Authors:
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E Lichstein; P K Gupta; K D Chadda |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: British heart journal Volume: 37 ISSN: 0007-0769 ISO Abbreviation: Br Heart J Publication Date: 1975 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1976-02-13 Completed Date: 1976-02-13 Revised Date: 2010-09-07 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370634 Medline TA: Br Heart J Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 924-30 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Acute Disease Aged Bundle-Branch Block / complications*, mortality, therapy Female Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / complications* Pacemaker, Artificial Prognosis Time Factors |
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