Ventricular tachycardia in neonates

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 1997, Pages 2061-2064

  Perry, James C ^a,b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonate; Pediatric; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; PROPRANOLOL; STEROID; VERAPAMIL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HAMARTOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART SARCOMA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030744204     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03628.x     Document Type: Article

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