Torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia during low dose intermittent dobutamine treatment in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-399

  La Vecchia, Luigi ^a,b   Ometto, Renato ^a   Finocchi, Giuseppe ^a   Vincenzi, Mario ^a  

^a Azienda Sanitaria Ulss 6 Vicenza   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile San Bortolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dobutamine; Heart failure; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 0033016564     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00461.x     Document Type: Article

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