Variations of peak and baseline heart rates

Journal of ECT

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 222-225

  Swartz, Conrad M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; ECT; Heart rate; Monitoring; Seizure; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033190881     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-199909000-00007     Document Type: Article

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