Electrocardiographic changes in hospitalized patients with leptospirosis over a 10-year period

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Škerk, Vedrana ^a   Markotić, Alemka ^b   Puljiz, Ivan ^b   Kuzman, Ilija ^b,c   Tošev, Elvira Čeljuska ^b   Habuš, Josipa ^d   Turk, Nenad ^d   Begovac, Josip ^b,c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Croatia   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Electrocardiography; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR SAXKOEBING; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 79959955467     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881847     Document Type: Article

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