Supraventricular Tachycardia-Part I

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 467-546

  Lee, Ken W ^a   Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AJMALINE; AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; METOPROLOL; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANATOMY; ANTIDROMIC ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENERGY; FOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; FOCAL JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA; MORBIDITY; MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; ORTHODROMIC ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMANENT JUNCTIONAL RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA; REENTRANT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 49249083681     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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