Benign symptomatic premature ventricular complexes: Short- and long-term efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs and radiofrequency ablation

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-354

  Stec, Sebastian ^a   Sikorska, Agnieszka ^a   Zaborska, Beata ^a   Krynśki, Tomasz ^a   Szymot, Joanna ^a   Kuałkowski, Piotr ^a  

^a GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Guidelines; Premature ventricular complexes; Radiofrequency ablation; Treatment; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; PROPAFENONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; VERAPAMIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860329045     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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