Complete atrioventricular block in a patient with acute cholecystitis: A case of cardio-biliary reflex?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 346-347

  Franzen, Daniel ^a   Jung, Sophie ^a   Fatio, Renata ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77953044370     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32832baed8     Document Type: Letter

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