Torsade de pointes with short coupling interval

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-346

  Van Den Branden, Ben ^a   Wever, Eric ^a   Boersma, Lucas ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

QT interval; Torsades de pointes; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CHLOROTHIAZIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSADES DE POINTES; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77955826096     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.3.2050353     Document Type: Article

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