Is acquired short QT due to digitalis intoxication responsible for malignant venticular arrhythmias?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Garberoglio, Lucia ^a   Giustetto, Carla ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; FUROSEMIDE; INSULIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; VALSARTAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT QT INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; VOMITING;

AGED; DIGITALIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33845624280     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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