Effect of the Wenchuan Earthquake in China on Hemodynamically Unstable Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in Hospitalized Patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 994-997

  Zhang, Xiao Qiang ^a   Chen, Mao ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Yan, Shao Di ^a   Huang, De Jia ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DISASTERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 63149087410     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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