Transient atrial fibrillation after the implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator [1]

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1645-

  Srinivasan, Balaji ^a   Awasthi, Ashish ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 19744379582     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.31004.x     Document Type: Letter

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