Posterior left thoracic cardiac sympathectomy by surgical division of the sympathetic chain: An alternative approach to treatment of the long QT syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1095-1104

  Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Rosner, Michael J ^b   Hageman, Gilbert R ^c   Baker II, James H ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

left cervicothoracic sympathectomy; left stellectomy; long QT syndrome; torsades de pointes; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; STELLATE GANGLION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029789665     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03419.x     Document Type: Article

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