Removing the Mask

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-116

  Weiner, Rory B ^a   Weiner, Shepard D ^b   Yurchak, Peter M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 38849201729     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.09.010     Document Type: Note

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