Treatment of chronic symptomatic supraventricular bradyarrhythmias with transdermal scopolamine.
The management of symptomatic bradyarrhythmias can be challenging in patients in whom cardiac pacing is not indicated, such as in the terminally ill or severely demented. We applied a transdermal scopolamine patch on one such patient with resultant substantial improvement in his supraventricular bradyarrhythmia.
Mukerji
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Department of Medicine, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, Columbia 65212.
Alpert
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Sanfelippo
J F
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McElroy
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King
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D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D012601:Scopolamine