Electrocardiographic assessment of hyperkalemia in dogs and cats

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Tag, Tanya L ^a,b,c   Day, Thomas K ^a  

^a Florida Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^b Animal Emergency and Referral Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrolytes; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 38849206866     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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