Comparison of intravenous diltiazem and verapamil for the acute treatment of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1238-1245

  Phillips, Bradley G ^a   Gandhi, Ashesh J ^a   Sanoski, Cynthia A ^a   Just, Vicki L ^a   Bauman, Jerry L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DILTIAZEM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0030692068     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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