Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1075-1083

  Marcus, Frank I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

EID: 0030923614     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00632.x     Document Type: Article

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