Relationship between premature ventricular complexes and depressive symptoms in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Whang, William ^a   Peacock, James ^a   Soto, Ana V ^a   Borda, Tomas ^a   Bhatt, Anupama B ^a   Richardson, Safiya I ^a   Burg, Matthew ^a,b   Davidson, Karina W ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; arrhythmia; depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990323753     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872613476101     Document Type: Article

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