Profound hypothermia mimicking a Brugada type ECG

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Ansari, Ehsan ^a   Cook, James R ^b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTUBATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042320777     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(03)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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