Treatment of advanced atrioventricular block with beta-adrenergic blockade therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1097-1099

  Abe, Haruhiko ^a   Hanada, Hideyuki ^a   Kohshi, Kiyotaka ^a   Nakashima, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Beta adrenergic blockade; Head up tilt test; Neurocardiogenic; Syncope

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PACEMAKER; SINUS NODE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PROPRANOLOL; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0032780278     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00578.x     Document Type: Article

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