Immediate and persistent complete heart block following a horse kick

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 816-818

  Michael Benitez, R ^a,b   Gold, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Heart block; Permanent pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART RATE; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0345189492     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00549.x     Document Type: Article

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