Bradycardia-associated episodic weakness, syncope, and aborted sudden death in cardiomyopathic doberman pinschers

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-93

  Calvert, Clay A ^a   Jacobs, Gilbert J ^a   Pickus, Cynthia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030096820     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02034.x     Document Type: Article

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