Right Bundle Branch Block: A Predictor of Mortality in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Hilda T. Draeger; Shervin Assassi; Roozbeh Sharif; Emilio B. Gonzalez; Brock E. Harper; Frank C. Arnett; Ameena Manzoor; Richard A. Lange; Maureen D. Mayes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078808

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Right Bundle Branch Block: A Predictor of Mortality in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Hilda T. Draeger ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hilda T. Draeger, Shervin Assassi, Brock E. Harper

Current address: Austin Regional Clinic, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Shervin Assassi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hilda T. Draeger, Shervin Assassi, Brock E. Harper

* E-mail: shervin.assassi@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Roozbeh Sharif,

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Emilio B. Gonzalez,

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Brock E. Harper ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hilda T. Draeger, Shervin Assassi, Brock E. Harper

Current address: Austin Diagnostic Clinic, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Frank C. Arnett,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ameena Manzoor,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Richard A. Lange,

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Maureen D. Mayes

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Right Bundle Branch Block: A Predictor of Mortality in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Hilda T. Draeger,
Shervin Assassi,
Roozbeh Sharif,
Emilio B. Gonzalez,
Brock E. Harper,
Frank C. Arnett,
Ameena Manzoor,
Richard A. Lange,
Maureen D. Mayes

Published: October 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078808

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