Early afterdepolarizations induced by isoproterenol in patients with congenital long QT syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1915-1923

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Takaki, Hiroshi ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Matsuhisa, Mokuo ^a   Shimomura, Katsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long QTU interval; Monophasic action potentials; Sympathetic stimulation; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISOPROTERENOL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0025940097     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.84.5.1915     Document Type: Article

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