Problems in managing patients with long QT syndrome and implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A report of two cases

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 863-867

  Perry, Gershon Y ^a,b   Kosar, Erol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Galen Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; long QT syndrome; T wave oversensing

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATENOLOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TORSADES DE POINTES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0029862971     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03372.x     Document Type: Article

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