"Torsade de pointes" in patients with structural heart disease and atrial fibrillation treated with amiodarone, β-blockers, and digitalis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-366

  Schrickel, Jan W ^a   Schwab, Joerg O ^a   Yang, Alexander ^a   Bitzen, Alexander ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

blockers; Amiodarone; Digitalis; Proarrhythmia; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLDIGITOXIN; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIGITOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL; NEBIVOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 33645706913     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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