Supraventricular tachycardia: An incidental diagnosis in infants and difficult to prove in children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1058-1061

  Vos, P ^a   Pulles Heintzberger, C F M ^a   Delhaas, T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Paediatric cardiology; Supraventricular tachycardia0

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0141887424     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310004801     Document Type: Article

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