Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in a patient with the idiopathic long QT syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1260-1263

  Grönefeld, Gerian ^a   Höltgen, Reinhard ^b   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Kardiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

idiopathic long QT syndrome; implantable defibrillator; blocker therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029773362     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04198.x     Document Type: Article

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