Ineffective atrial pacing and cardiac arrest in a 80-year old woman with hyperkalemia;Nieskuteczna stymulacja przedsionkowa i zatrzymanie kra̧żenia u osiemdziesiȩcioletniej chorej z hiperkaliemia̧

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 18, Issue 107, 2005, Pages 566-567

  Lelakowski, Jacek ^a   Czunko, Agnieszka ^a   Majewski, Jacek ^a   Pasowicz, Mieczysław ^a   Małecka, Barbara ^a   Bednarek, Jacek ^a  

^a Specjalistycznego im Jana Pawla II ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

AAI pacing mode; Hyperkalemia; Increase pacing threshold

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144371743     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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