Sinus nodal response to adenosine relates to the severity of sinus node dysfunction

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 859-864

  Fragakis, Nikolaos ^a   Antoniadis, Antonios P ^b   Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^c   Kyriakou, Panagiota ^a   Koskinas, Konstantinos C ^a   Geleris, Paraschos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Presyncope; Sinus node dysfunction; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRECTED SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME; CORRECTED SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME AFTER ADENOSINE INJECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADENOSINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL NODE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84861631757     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur399     Document Type: Article

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