Magnesium the forgotten cation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-135

  Khalil, Siddiq Ibrahim ^a  

^a Almana General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; BRETYLIUM; DIGITALIS; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ARRHYTHMIA; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0033611731     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00332-5     Document Type: Review

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