Cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy - What to do?;Rhythmusstörungen während der schwangerschaft - Was tun?

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-226

  Trappe, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator; Cardiac arrhythmias; Pregnancy; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AJMALINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; MEXILETINE; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TERATOGENESIS; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0038171448     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2448-1     Document Type: Article

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