Palpitations

Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Khamis, Ramzi Y ^a   Dancy, Mark ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; Brugada syndrome; long QT syndrome; palpitations; pre excitation syndromes; premature cardiac complexes; sinus arrhythmia; supraventricular tachycardia; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; MAGNESIUM; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CARDIOVERSION; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BEAT; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 59149100097     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2008.11.012     Document Type: Review

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