Watch the P wave: It can change!

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 424-426

  Yue, Patrick ^c   Atwood, J Edwin ^c   Froelicher, Vic ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042732941     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.2.424     Document Type: Editorial

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