Arrhythmias as trigger for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1134-1138

  Bhatt, Surya P ^a   Nanda, Sudip ^b   Kintzer, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; COPD; Exacerbations; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862576578     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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