Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to subacute thyroiditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Alper, Ahmet Taha ^a   Hasdemir, Hakan ^a   Akyol, Ahmet ^a   Çakmak, Nazmiye ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thyroid; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846880683     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.068     Document Type: Article

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