QT dispersion and sleep related breathing disorders in recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Bluzaite I ^a   Altmann, D ^a   Rickli, H ^a   Ammann, P ^a   Ullmer, E ^b   Bertasiene Z ^c  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Pneumology   (Switzerland)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

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EID: 79961156625     PISSN: 13921215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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