Electrocardiographic changes in thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 775-777

  Boccalandro, Cristina ^b   Lopez, Luis ^b   Boccalandro, Fernando ^a   Lavis, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS;

EID: 0037443792     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03431-8     Document Type: Article

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