Catecholamine facilitated reentrant ventricular tachycardia: Uncoupling of adenosine's antiadrenergic effects

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Lerman, Bruce B ^a,b   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Mittal, Suneet ^a   Slotwiner, David ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CATECHOLAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032960751     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00637.x     Document Type: Article

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