A Patient with LQTS in Whom Verapamil Administration and Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Were Useful for Preventing Torsade de Pointes

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-124

  Komiya, Norihiro ^a   Tanaka, Kyoei ^a   Doi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Fukae, Satoki ^a   Nakao, Kojiro ^a   Isomoto, Shojiro ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long QT syndrome; Permanent pacemaker implantation; Verapamil administration

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MENTAL STRESS; SINUS NODE; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TORSADES DE POINTES; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 1642479864     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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