Ventricular tachycardia after administration of sildenafil citrate: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rasmussen, Jeppe G ^a   Toft, Egon ^a,b   Frøbert, Ole ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CREATINE KINASE MB; METOPROLOL; SILDENAFIL; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 44949188393     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-65     Document Type: Article

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