Altitude and atrial fibrillation [8]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 130-

  Smith, V Taylor ^a,b  

^a Covenant Medical Group ^*

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALTITUDE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 19944430466     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000149394.85096.E0     Document Type: Letter

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