Brief History of Cardiac Arrhythmias since the End of the Nineteenth Century: Part I

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1365-1371

  Surawicz, Borys ^a,b  

^a Care Group   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART BEAT; HEART CATHETER; HIS BUNDLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE OF HIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0347362504     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03320.x     Document Type: Review

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