A case of vagally mediated idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Kataoka, Masaharu ^a   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Tanimoto, Kojiro ^a   Akaishi, Makoto ^b   Ogawa, Satoshi ^a   Mitamura, Hideo ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; NIFEKALANT; PILSICAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONVULSION; DEFIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SITTING; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 38649125923     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1082     Document Type: Article

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