Clusters of ventricular fibrillation in a patient with an implantable cardioverter difibrillator treated with amiodarone

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-165

  Emori, Tetsuro ^a   Ohta, Keiko ^a   Kusano, Kengo ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Matsubara, Hiromi ^a   Sano, Shunji ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical storm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CANDESARTAN; CARVEDILOL; FUROSEMIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MEXILETINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037318859     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.163     Document Type: Article

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