U-waves and T-wave peak to T-wave end intervals in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, effects of beta-blockers

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1382-1388

  Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^b   Kontula, Kimmo ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Swan, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiography; Receptors; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; U WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 54549114436     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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