Isoprenaline and inducibility of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Hatzinikolaou, H ^a   Rodriguez, L M ^b   Smeets, J L R M ^b   Timmermans, C ^b   Vrouchos, G ^b   Grecas, G ^b   Wellens, H J J ^b  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular re entrant tachycardia; Isoprenaline

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

EID: 0031920684     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.2.165     Document Type: Article

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