Possible ventricular late potentials in Doberman Pinschers with occult cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Calvert, Clay A ^a   Jacobs, Gilbert J ^a   Kraus, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032527201     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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