Luigi Luciani and the earliest graphic demonstration of Wenckebach periodicity

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2662-2668

  Upshaw Jr , Charles B ^a,c   Silverman, Mark E ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrioventricular block; Electrophysiology; Luciani; Wenckebach

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0343963076     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.22.2662     Document Type: Review

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