Complete Heart Block due to Aortic Root Abscesses.
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1Resident, 2Senior Resident, 3Assistant Professor, 4Associate Professor, 5Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology, Seth GS Medical College and The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra Received; 03.03.2014; Accepted: 22.03.2014 Fig. 1: ECG showing CHB with a ventricular escape rate of 84/min and RBBB Fig. 2: Echocardiographic image in apical 4-chamber view showing severe mitral reguritation
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 63 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015