An unusual cause of OptiVol alarm: Increased intra-abdominal pressure associated with irritable bowel syndrome

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Türkoǧlu, Cengizhan ^a   Aliyev, Farid ^a   Çeliker, Cengiz ^a   Çetin, Gökhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Body fluids physiology; Cardiography; Defibrillators; Heart failure; Hemodynamics; Impedance; Implantable; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 77951631819     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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