Transient cardiac asystole induced by electrocautery during excision of a cerebellopontine angle tumor

Neurology India

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 554-

  Sriganesh, Kamath ^a   Pandey, Paritosh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

BRADYCARDIA; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 84890487520     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.121953     Document Type: Letter

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