Woldemar Mobitz and his 1924 classification of second-degree atrioventricular block

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1162-1167

  Silverman, Mark E ^a,b,d   Upshaw Jr , Charles B ^a,b   Lange, Helmut W ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Laboratory Center Bremen   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Conduction; Heart block; Mobitz

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MOBITZ I SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; MOBITZ II SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RUSSIA;

EID: 4844221201     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000140669.35049.34     Document Type: Review

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