Wide QRS tachycardia caused by Aconitum alkaloid poisoning: A case report;Tachicardia a QRS largo da ingestione alimentare di alcaloidi di Aconitum napellus

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 874-877

  Gaibazzi, Nicola ^a   Gelmini, Gian Paolo ^a   Montresor, Graziano ^a   Canel, Daniela ^a   Comini, Teresa ^a   Fracalossi, Claudio ^a   Martinetti, Claudio ^a   Poeta, Maria Luisa ^a   Ziacchi, Vigilio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiotoxicity; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ACONITUM NAPELLUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PLANT; QRS COMPLEX; TACHYCARDIA; ACONITUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACONITUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0242364184     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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