Use of Aminophylline in the Treatment of Severe Symptomatic Bradycardia Resistant to Atropine

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Pasnoori, Venkat R ^a,b   Leesar, Massoud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; Aminophylline; Asystole; Bradycardia

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; CYCLIC AMP; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542348917     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000096418.72821.fa     Document Type: Article

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