Near doubling of heart rate after intravenous verapamil for treatment of atrial fibrillation without preexcitation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2867-2869

  Orlov, Yelena S K ^a   Brodsky, Michael A ^a   Orlov, Michael V ^a   Allen, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Proarrhythmia; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QRS COMPLEX; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0030690420     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05448.x     Document Type: Article

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