Total cavopulmonary and atriopulmonary connections are associated with reduced heart rate variability

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 704-707

  Butera, G ^a   Bonnet, D ^a   Iserin, L ^a   Sidi, D ^a   Kachaner, J ^a   Villain, E ^a  

^a Service de Cardiologie Pediatrique   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cavopulmonary connections; Heart rate variability; Paediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LUNG ATRESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RR INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

EID: 0032700026     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.6.704     Document Type: Article

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