Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis poisoning [1];Taquicardia ventricular bidirectional por intoxicación digitálica

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 991-993

  Menduiña, Manuel J ^a   Candel, José M ^a   Alaminos, Pilar ^a   Gómez, Francisco J ^a   Vílchez, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; LISINOPRIL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIGOXIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444592268     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13078139     Document Type: Letter

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