Cardiac pacing in children

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Bevilacqua, Laura ^a   Hordof, Allan ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031909495     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199801000-00008     Document Type: Review

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