82-year-old man with recurrent syncope

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 609-612

  Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a,b   Jamil Tajik, A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033064147     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/74.6.609     Document Type: Article

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