Lesson of the week: Pacemaker induced ventricular fibrillation in coronary care units

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7450, 2004, Pages 1249-1250

  McLeod, Andrew A ^a   Jokhi, Percy P ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUCLOXACILLIN; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; PENICILLIN G; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY CARE UNITS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 2442678113     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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