Association between electrocardiographic findings and cardiac dysfunction in adult isolated traumatic brain injury

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 570-574

  Krishnamoorthy, Vijay ^a   Prathep, Sumidtra ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^b   Gibbons, Edward ^a   Vavilala, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; electrocardiography; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907004020     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.140144     Document Type: Article

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