Herbal medicine: Beneficial effects, side effects, and promising new research in the treatment of arrhythmias

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-401

  Stout, C William ^a   Weinstock, Jonathan ^b   Homoud, Munther K ^b   Wang, Paul J ^b   Estes III, N A Mark ^b   Link, Mark S ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACONITINE; AMIODARONE; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BERGENIN; CARNITINE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; CHANGROLIN; CHINESE DRUG; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; FLUGGEA VIROSA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HONOKIOL; LIDOCAINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAIN; PROPRANOLOL; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; XIN BAO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DISABILITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PURITY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FLUGGEA VIROSA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LETHARGY; MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE; TORSADE DES POINTES; VOMITING; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642315356     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-003-0097-x     Document Type: Review

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