Pattern of arrhythmias among Nigerians with congestive heart failure
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Pattern of arrhythmias among Nigerians with congestive heart failure
BACKGROUND In patients with heart failure, death is often sudden due to life-threatening arrhythmias. This work was carried out to evaluate the pattern of arrhythmias in Nigerians with heart failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty subjects with congestive heart failure (CHF), 30 subjects with hypertensive heart disease, and 15 normal subjects with no obvious features of heart disease were evalu...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of General Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1178-7074
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s73216