Supraventricular tachycardia: Diagnosis and management

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1400-1411

  Fox, David J ^a,b   Tischenko, Alexander ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Yee, Raymond K ^a   Klein, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; EDROPHONIUM; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; METHOXAMINE; METOPROLOL; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL;

CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 57349120199     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.12.1400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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