Left cardiac sympathetic denervation as the first-line therapy for congenital long QT syndrome

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-441

  Wang, Lexin ^a,b   Feng, Guoqin ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INNERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LEFT CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3342905299     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.10.031     Document Type: Article

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