Arrhythmias after orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 464-472

  Stecker, Eric C ^a   Strelich, Katherine R ^b   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a   Crispell, Kathy ^a   Mcanulty, John H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOFETILIDE; HEPARIN; IBUTILIDE; ISOPRENALINE; METHYLXANTHINE; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROMODULATION; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644605818     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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