Electrocardiologic and Echocardiographic Features of Patients Exposed to Scorpion Bite

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-84

  Alan, Sait ^a   Ulgen, Mehmet S ^a   Soker, Murat ^a   Geyik, Faruk ^a   Karabulut, Aziz ^a   Toprak, Nizamettin ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QT DISPERSION; SCORPION; SCORPION BITE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 0346463178     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500111     Document Type: Article

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