Clinical usefulness of cardiac event recording in dogs and cats examined because of syncope, episodic collapse, or intermittent weakness: 60 cases (1997-1999)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1110-1114

  Bright, Janice M ^a   Cali, John V ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Veterinary Imaging Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0034168834     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1110     Document Type: Article

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