Relationship between atrial fibrillation and primary hypothyroidism in the dog

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 49-51

  Gerritsen, R J ^a   van den Brom, W E ^a   Stokhof, A A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0030161291     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1996.9694614     Document Type: Article

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