Acute hemodynamic effects of intravenous amiodarone treatment in paediatric cardiac surgical patients

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 801-810

  Haas, Nikolaus A ^a,b   Camphausen, Christoph K ^a,c  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Congenital heart disease; Haemodynamics; Paediatric; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CATECHOLAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; SEDATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58549102316     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0683-4     Document Type: Article

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