Herbal aconite tea and refractory ventricular tachycardia [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1532-

  Lowe, Lisa ^a   Matteucci, Michael J ^a   Schneir, Aaron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AGED; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

ACONITUM; AGED; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 25844481084     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc051568     Document Type: Letter

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