Percussion pacing in a three-year-old girl with complete heart block during cardiac catheterization

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-467

  Eich, C ^a,b   Bleckmann, A ^a   Paul, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Complications, cardiac arrest; Pacing, emergency; Pacing, percussion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PERCUSSION; PERFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 26444540412     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei209     Document Type: Article

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