When U Say "U Waves," What Do U Mean?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-147

  Viskin, Sami ^a,c   Zeltser, David ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; T WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 1342301459     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00403.x     Document Type: Editorial

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