Cardiac monitoring of high-dose verapamil in cluster headache: An international Delphi study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1385-1388

  Koppen, H ^a   Stolwijk, J ^a   Wilms, E B ^b   Van Driel, V ^b   Ferrari, M D ^c   Haan, J ^c  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA City Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; EKG; heart; verapamil

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC MONITORING; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION;

CARDIOLOGISTS; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 85001086159     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102416631968     Document Type: Article

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