Combined transesophageal left atrial pacing and antiarrhythmic therapy in the treatment of atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages 1947-1950

  Matiouchine, G V ^a,b   Shulman, V A ^a   Balog, A I ^a   Bezruk, A P ^a   Golovenkin, S E ^a  

^a Medical Academy   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

antiarrythmic drugs; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; transesophageal pacing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029862471     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03259.x     Document Type: Article

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