Use of intravenous dofetilide in atrial flutter with hemodynamic instability

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-69

  Kuruma, Akinori ^a   Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Ino, Takeshi ^a   Yashima, Masa Aki ^a   Nomura, Atsunobu ^a   Hayakawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Cardiogenic shock; Class III antiarrhythmic agent; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOFETILIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHENETHYLAMINES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0030067270     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.60.67     Document Type: Article

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