Self-terminating ventricular fibrillation during variant angina: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 581-584

  Cafri, Carlos ^a,b   Ilia, Reuben ^a   Battler, Alexander ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031869768     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900710     Document Type: Article

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