Cardiovascular disease in a forward military hospital during operation Iraqi freedom: A report from deployed cardiologists

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Sullenberger, Lance ^a   Gentlesk, Philip J ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYNCOPE; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 39049171532     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.2.193     Document Type: Article

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