Causes of impaired consciousness while driving a motorized vehicle

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1373-1374

  Blitzer, Mark L ^a   Saliba, Bassam C ^a   Ghantous, Andre E ^a   Marieb, Mark A ^a   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TILT TABLE TEST; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0037950180     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00336-9     Document Type: Article

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