Congenital long-QT syndrome: Deleterious effect of long-term high-rate ventricular pacing and definitive treatment by cardiac transplantation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1079-1081

  Klein, Herman O ^a   Levi, Alex ^b   Kaplinsky, Elieser ^b   Di Segni, Elio ^b   David, Daniel ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; ISOPRENALINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029852780     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90034-4     Document Type: Article

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