Panic attacks and supraventricular tachycardias: The chicken or the egg?

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-77

  Frommeyer, G ^a   Eckardt, L ^a   Breithardt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE; THIORIDAZINE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INCIDENCE; PANIC; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84875143747     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0350-2     Document Type: Article

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