Ventricular arrhythmia following short-acting nifedipine administration

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1000-1002

  Castaneda, M Patricia ^a   Walsh, Christine A ^a   Woroniecki, Robert P ^a   Del Rio, Marcela ^a   Flynn, Joseph T ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arrhythmia; Bigeminy; Calcium channel blockers; Children; Drug safety; Hypertension; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL FUMARATE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; NIFEDIPINE; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NIFEDIPINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 21344440770     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1854-4     Document Type: Article

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