Atrial flutter in the perinatal age group: Diagnosis, management and outcome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 771-777

  Lisowski, Lukas A ^a   Verheijen, Paul M ^a   Benatar, Avraham A ^b   Soyeur, Daniel J G ^b   Stoutenbeek, Phillip ^a   Brenner, Joel I ^c   Kleinman, Charles S ^d   Meijboom, Erik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MATERNAL TREATMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA DISORDER; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034163648     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00589-6     Document Type: Article

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