Exercise-induced asystole with syncope in a healthy young man

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-148

  Dockery, Brian K ^a   Newman, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; Exercise; Exercise testing; Syncopy

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BASKETBALL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FACE INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINUS ARREST; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 34547897639     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31812f5105     Document Type: Article

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