Long-term course and clinical characteristics of ventricular tachycardia detected in children by school-based heart disease screening

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-276

  Iwamoto, Mari ^a,b   Niimura, Ichiroh ^d   Shibata, Toshimitsu ^e   Yasui, Kiyoshi ^b   Takigiku, Kiyohiro ^c   Nishizawa, Takashi ^b   Akaike, Tohru ^a   Yokota, Shunpei ^c  

^a Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Niimura Clinic   (Japan)

^e Shibata Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; School heart disease screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; VERAPAMIL;

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 15744389143     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.273     Document Type: Review

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