Transient Super-Himalayan P-waves in severe pulmonary emphysema

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-27

  Chhabra, Lovely ^a   Spodick, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIMALAYAN P WAVE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; OXYGEN SATURATION; P WAVE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 84855331875     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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