Characteristics and management of chaotic atrial tachycardia of infancy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1052-1055

  Fish, Frank A ^a   Mehta, Ashok V ^b   Johns, James A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROPAFENONE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030293296     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00536-X     Document Type: Article

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