The flat electrocardiogram - Systole or asystole?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-186

  Cocks, Robert Anthony ^a,c   Thompson, Mary ^a   Kwan, Yiu Wa ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asystole; Cardiac arrest; Myocardial fibrosis; Stone heart

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART WEIGHT; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031832816     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.3.185     Document Type: Article

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