The failing Fontan with atrial flutter: A successful surgical option

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1845-1848

  Nomura, Fumikazu ^a   Finucane, Kirsten ^a   Smith, Warren ^a   Kerr, Alan R ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PACING; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032711190     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00750-X     Document Type: Article

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