The sinus tachycardias

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Yusuf, Shamil ^a   Camm, A John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia; Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; Sinus node re entry tachycardia; Sinus tachycardia

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS; CARBIMAZOLE; CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; LYSERGIC ACID; METHYLPHENIDATE; METHYLXANTHINE; MIDODRINE; NORADRENALIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PSILOCYBINE; SALBUTAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STANDING;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SINOATRIAL NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20644454877     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0068     Document Type: Review

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