Evolving J waves prior to ventricular fibrillation postoperative coronary bypass

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2337-2340

  Kitazawa, Hitoshi ^a   Wakasugi, Takayuki ^a   Sugimoto, Tsutomu ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Yoshii, Shinpei ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^b  

^a Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

J wave; Myocardial ischemia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; J WAVE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 80054747544     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5934     Document Type: Article

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