Induction of torsades de pointes by dobutamine infusion in a patient with idiopathic long QT syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Fujikawa, Hideyuki ^a   Sato, Yoko ^a   Arakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Takeshi ^a   Minezaki, Ken Ryou ^a   Kuroki, Shigehiro ^a   Sekiguchi, Hiromichi ^a   Nakayama, Toshio ^a   Ikeda, Uichi ^a   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Provocative test; Syncope; receptors

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 7144252531     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.149     Document Type: Article

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