Reversible atrial fibrillation secondary to a mega-oesophagus

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Upile, Tahwinder ^a   Jerjes, Waseem ^a   El Maaytah, Mohammed ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a   Hopper, Colin ^a   Mahil, Jaspal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEGAESOPHAGUS; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 33845898727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-6-15     Document Type: Article

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