ECG observations in Tibetan and Han residents of Lhasa

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-243

  Halperin, Blair D ^a,c   Sun, Shinfu ^b   Zhuang, Jianguo ^b   Droma, Tarshi ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Tibet Institute of Medical Sciences   (China)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG abnormalities; High altitude; Right ventricular hypertrophy; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031727497     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90139-X     Document Type: Article

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