Efficacy and safety of out-of-hospital self-administered single-dose oral drug treatment in the management of infrequent, well-tolerated paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 548-553

  Alboni, Paolo ^a   Tomasi, Corrado ^b   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Bottoni, Nicola ^b   Paparella, Nelly ^a   Fucà, Giuseppe ^b   Brignole, Michele ^c   Cappato, Riccardo ^d  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d Medizinische Abteilung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DILTIAZEM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPRANOLOL; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF CARE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035133412     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01128-1     Document Type: Article

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