Outpatient evaluation and management of patients with ventricular premature beats or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-296

  Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a,h   Goette, Andreas ^b,c   Dobreanu, Dan ^d   Marinskis, Germanas ^e   Mabo, Philippe ^f   Blomstrm Lundqvist, Carina ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Premature ventricular contractions; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DRONEDARONE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SOTALOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON SUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84856260100     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus009     Document Type: Review

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