Supraventricular tachycardia in children

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 64-69

  Van Der Merwe, D M ^a   Van Der Merwe, P L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BUNDLE OF HIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SOUTH AFRICA; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERAPAMIL; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 3042664901     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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