Alcohol and rhythm disturbance: The holiday heart syndrome

Herz

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Menz, V ^a,b   Grimm, W ^a   Hoffmann, J ^a   Maisch, B ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Sekretariat Kardiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0029818863     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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