Painless coronary spasm causing recurrent ventricular tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1471-1472

  Chalfoun, Nagib ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MEXILETINE; NITRATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; TELEMETRY;

CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 35348869761     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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