Holter changes resulting from right-sided and bilateral infrastellate upper thoracic sympathectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2076-2081

  Abraham, Pierre ^a   Berthelot, Jean ^a   Victor, Jacques ^a   Saumet, Jean Louis ^a   Picquet, Jean ^a   Enon, Bernard ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHECTOMY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX;

EID: 0036897903     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04080-8     Document Type: Article

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