Exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia without demonstrable heart disease in childhood

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-499

  Nagashima, Masami ^a   Baba, Reizo ^a   Goto, Masahiko ^a   Nishabata, Kenji ^a   Nagano, Yoshiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise induced ventricular tachycardia; Treadmill; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPRANOLOL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0029758058     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03533.x     Document Type: Article

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