Changes in electrocardiogram during intra-abdominal electrochemotherapy: A preliminary report

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue , 2010, Pages 616-619

  Mali, B ^a   Jarm, T ^a   Gadzijev E ^b   Sersa G ^b   Miklavcic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; electrochemotherapy; internal tumors

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANTI-TUMORS; CARDIAC CYCLES; ELECTRIC PULSE; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; HIGH VOLTAGE; HUMAN PATIENTS; INTERNAL TUMORS; LIVER TUMORS; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; REFRACTORY PERIOD; STATISTICAL PREDICTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VULNERABLE PERIODS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; HEART; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

TUMORS;

EID: 77957558600     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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