Cardiac alternans: Diverse mechanisms and clinical manifestations

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 483-499

  Surawicz, Borys ^a   Fisch, Charles ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; T WAVE;

ANIMAL; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULSE; PURKINJE FIBERS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0026703672     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(92)90122-4     Document Type: Review

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