Supraventricular tachycardia in the neonate and infant

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-38

  Moak, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; AV nodal re entry tachycardia; Chaotic atrial tachycardia; Junctional ectopic tachycardia; Supraventricular tachycardia; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

AGE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DIAPHORESIS; DIVING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING DISORDER; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; NEWBORN; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 0034193314     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(00)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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