Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Developing at a Relatively Advanced Age
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Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy developing at a relatively advanced age.
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Joel t levis, MD, PhD, faceP, faaeM, is a Senior Emergency Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center, and Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director for the Foothill College Paramedic Program in Los Altos, CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Figure 1. 12-lead ECG from a 52-year-old man following a syncopal episode. Demonstrates a normal s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.103.11.1605