Consecutive administration of atropine and isoproterenol for the evaluation of asymptomatic sinus bradycardia

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1176-1181

  Vavetsi, Spiridoula ^a,b   Nikolaou, Nikolaos ^a,b   Tsarouhas, Konstantinos ^b   Lymperopoulos, Georgios ^b   Kouzanidis, Ioannis ^b   Kafantaris, Ioannis ^b   Antonakopoulos, Athanasios ^b   Tsitsimpikou, Christina ^c   Kandylas, John ^a  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c General Chemical State Laboratory   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atropine; Isoproterenol; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949100942     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun211     Document Type: Article

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