Parkinson's tremor mimicking ventricular tachycardia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-411

  Bhatia, Lokpal ^a   Turner, Delphine R ^b  

^a Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Electrocardiograph tremor; Parkinson's; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREMOR;

EID: 26944458551     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi097     Document Type: Article

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