Amiodarone for control of recurrent ventricular tachycardia secondary to cardiac metastasis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-200

  Leak, David ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Carcinoma, squamous cell; Echocardiogram; Heart neoplasms; Tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; PACLITAXEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART METASTASIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031711614     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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