β-adrenergic blockade accelerates conversion of postoperative supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Anesthesiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1052-1059

  Balser, Jeffrey R ^b   Martinez, Elizabeth A ^b   Winters, Bradford D ^b   Perdue, Philip W ^b   Clarke, Ann Wray ^b   Huang, Wenzheng ^b   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^b   Dorman, Todd ^b   Campbell, Kurt ^b   Lipsett, Pamela ^b   Breslow, Michael J ^b   Rosenfeld, Brian A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Calcium channel blockade; Catecholamines

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; ESMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031740103     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199811000-00004     Document Type: Article

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