A Comparison of Electrophysiologically Guided Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy with Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients with Symptomatic, Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
Open Access
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (14), 987-992
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199210013271404
Abstract
Antiarrhythmic drug therapy guided by invasive electrophysiologic testing is now widely used in patients with symptomatic, sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias.Keywords
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