A Tale of Fits and Faint

Akshar Jaglan, DO; Arshad Jahangir, MD; Atul Bhatia, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

A Tale of Fits and Faint

Akshar Jaglan, DO,
Arshad Jahangir, MD,
Atul Bhatia, MD

Affiliations

Akshar Jaglan, DO: Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Arshad Jahangir, MD: Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Atul Bhatia, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Atul Bhatia, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Parkway, Suite 880, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215.; Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 1033 – 1035

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Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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