Etomidate-induced pacemaker-mediated ventricular tachycardia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1059-1060

  Altose, Michael D ^a   León Ruiz, Elias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; ETOMIDATE; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; OXYGEN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34247607235     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000265169.60124.15     Document Type: Article

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