Case report: An infant with congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia requiring extracorporeal mechanical oxygenation

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 597-600

  Darst, Jeffrey R ^a   Kaufman, Jon ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ESMOLOL;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL JUNCTIONAL ECTOPIC TACHYCARDIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL;

EID: 34748834055     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282f11f55     Document Type: Review

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