Short-term rapid ventricular pacing prolongs ventricular refractoriness in patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1036-1042

  Krebs, Mark E ^a   Szwed, Joseph M ^a   Shinn, Timothy ^a   Miles, William M ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CESIUM CHLORIDE; DIGOXIN; SOTALOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINUS NODE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031724324     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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