Clinical recognition and treatment of atrial ectopic tachycardia in newborns

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 27-28, 2007, Pages 402-406

  Stambach, Dominik ^a   Bernet, Vera ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic therapy; Atrial ectopic tachycardia; Newborn

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL ECTOPIC TACHYCARDIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; RESUSCITATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34547216250     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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