Sudden death during Holter electrocardiogram monitoring in a patient with variant angina

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 966-969

  Tsurukawa, Toshihiro ^a   Kawabata, Kazuyo ^a   Miyahara, Kenkichi ^a   Kawano, Reiko ^a   Sohara, Hiroshi ^a   Amitani, Shigeru ^a   Kurose, Mitsuro ^a  

^a Shinkyo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Nitroglycerin; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0030344923     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.966     Document Type: Article

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