Analysis of the treatment of spontaneous sustained stable ventricular tachycardia

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1122-1128

  Marill, Keith A ^a   Greenberg, Gary M ^b   Kay, Darren ^a   Nelson, Brian K ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Lidocaine; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BRETYLIUM; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030726005     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03694.x     Document Type: Article

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