Atrial ectopic tachycardia in an infant caused by a tumor in the interatrial septum;Atriale ektope tachykardie im sauglingsalter durch tumor des interatrialen septums

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 478-481

  Uebing, A ^a   Stieh, J ^a   Jung, O ^a   Kramer, H H ^a   Oldigs, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Städt Frauen und Kinderklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial ectopic tachycardia; Cardiac tumors; Interventional treatment; Medical treatment; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MALE; NEWBORN;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART RATE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0032088352     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050203     Document Type: Article

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