Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in a patient with atrial standstill

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-159

  Park, So Ra ^a   Kwak, Choong Hwan ^a   Kang, Young Ran ^a   Seo, Myung Ki ^a   Kang, Min Kyung ^a   Cho, Jung Hyun ^a   Ahn, Yeon Jeong ^a   Hwang, Jin Yong ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial standstill; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; P WAVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS ARREST; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 62749104456     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.156     Document Type: Article

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