Management of patients with life-threatening sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias - The role of guided antiarrhythmic drug therapy

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 419-428

  Steinbeck, G ^a   Greene, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; METOPROLOL; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030014533     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(96)80006-5     Document Type: Article

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