Second-degree atrioventricular block: A reappraisal

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-57

  Serge Barold, S ^a   Hayes, David L ^b  

^a Broward General Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0035172677     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.1.44     Document Type: Review

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