Catecholamine challenge unmasking high-risk features in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1396-1398

  Aleong, Ryan G ^a   Singh, Sheldon M ^a   Levinson, John R ^a   Milan, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; CATECHOLAMINES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 70349484968     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup211     Document Type: Article

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