Recurrent syncope following radiation therapy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 325-328

  Mukerji, Siddharth ^a   Patel, Roshan ^a   Khasnis, Atul ^a   Khunnawat, Chotikorn ^a   Thakur, Ranjan K ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ingham Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Pacemaker.; Radiation; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33745260131     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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