Supraventricular tachycardia in infancy: Evaluation, management, and follow-up

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-271

  Etheridge, Susan P ^a   Judd, Victoria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032991174     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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