Complete heart block and fatal right ventricular failure in an infant

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1588-1600

  James, Thomas N ^a,b   Nichols, Myron M ^b   Sapire, David W ^b   DiPatre, Pier Luigi ^b   Lopez, Suzanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029962942     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.8.1588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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