Functional atrioventricular conduction block in an elderly patient with acquired long QT syndrome: Elucidation of the mechanism of block

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-356

  Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Ashino, Sonoko ^a   Kofune, Masayoshi ^a   Nagashima, Koichi ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular conduction; Long QT syndrome; Mexiletine; Monophasic action potential; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MEXILETINE; NICORANDIL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HV INTERVAL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; QT INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MEXILETINE;

EID: 79955059616     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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