Electrocardiographic features of hypothermia [1]

Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 118-119

  Mustafa, Shameem ^a   Shaikh, Naushad ^b   Gowda, Ramesh M ^c   Khan, Ijaz A ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCY CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; BRADYCARDIA;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE;

EID: 21744433353     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083434     Document Type: Letter

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