High frequency of arrhythmias after Fontan operation indicates earlier anticoagulant therapy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Sugimoto, Satoru ^a   Takagi, Nobuyuki ^a   Hachiro, Yoshikazu ^a   Abe, Tomio ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Arrhythmias; Atrio pulmonary connection; Intracardiac thrombus; Late sequelae; Modified Fontan operation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CIBENZOLINE SUCCINATE; DISOPYRAMIDE;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035079646     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(00)00460-5     Document Type: Article

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