Phenytoin sodium as a treatment for ventricular dysrhythmia in horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-353

  Wijnberg, Inge D ^a,c   Ververs, F F T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Diplomate Dutch Coll Equine Int M   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac drugs; Digitalis; Equine cardiology; Free phenytoin; Unbound phenytoin; Ventricular extra systoles; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARDIAC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HORSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHENYTOIN; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; DIGITALIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2942534800     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<350:PSAATF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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