Treating electrical storm: Sympathetic blockade versus advanced cardiac life support-guided therapy

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 742-747

  Nademanee, Koonlawee ^a,b   Taylor, Richard ^a   Bailey, William E ^a   Rieders, Daniel E ^a   Kosar, Erol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Fibrillation; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRETYLIUM; ESMOLOL; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033882186     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.7.742     Document Type: Article

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