Cardioautonomic instability following a sports-related concussion in a 20-year-old male

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  La Fountaine, Michael F ^a,b   Toda, Michita ^a   Testa, Anthony ^a   Bauman, William A ^b,c  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial ectopy; Concussion; Electrocardiogram; Wandering atrial pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SPORT INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900649066     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.095     Document Type: Article

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