Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in ischemic heart disease: When and which pharmacological treatment?

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 89, Issue SPEC. ISSUE I, 1996, Pages 29-32

  El Sherif, N ^b   Turitto, G ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antiarrhythmia drugs; coronary artery disease; sudden cardiac death; ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029929654     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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