Multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia induced by silent coronary vasospasm

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Sovari, Ali Alizadeh ^a   Cesario, David ^a   Kocheril, Abraham G ^a   Brugada, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Prinzmetal angina; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DILTIAZEM; DOFETILIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 41849094052     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9207-4     Document Type: Article

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