Third degree atrioventricular block and sudden death secondary to acute myocarditis in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Church, Whitney M ^a   Sisson, D David ^b   Oyama, Mark A ^a   Zachary, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete atrioventricular block; Pacemaker; Sudden death; Troponin

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; FUROSEMIDE; OXYGEN; TROPONIN I;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYDIPSIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART BLOCK; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TROPONIN I;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34249084342     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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