Seasonal variation of ventricular tachycardia assessed by 24-hour Holter monitoring;Variação sazonal de episódios de taquicardia ventricular avaliados por holter

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Pimentel, Maurício ^a,b   Grüdtner, Letícia ^a   Zimerman, Leandro I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Holter; Seasons; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 33751372126     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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