Suppression of torsades de pointes by atropine

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-100

  Tan, Hanno L ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atropine; AV block; Long QT syndrome; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ATROPINE; DIGITOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 0031959287     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.1.99     Document Type: Article

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