Transesophageal pacemaker therapy in atrial flutter after procainamide pretreatment

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 237-240

  Rostás, László ^a   Antal, Károly ^a   Putorek, Zita ^a  

^a Hosp for Chest Dis of Somogy Co   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Procainamide; Transesophageal atrial stimulation

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0032853701     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045391-199909000-00002     Document Type: Article

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