Symptomatic repetitive right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia in pregnancy and postpartum

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Goli, Anil K ^a   Koduri, Madhav ^b   Downs, Christopher ^c   Mackall, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Pregnancy; Radiofrequency ablation; Repetitive right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77952146812     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/ricm0469     Document Type: Review

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