Radiofrequency ablation in infants ≤18 months old when is it done and how do they fare? Short-term data from the pediatric ablation registry

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2803-2808

  Blaufox, Andrew D ^a   Felix, Gary L ^b   Saul, J Philip ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART DISEASE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035808023     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4801.100028     Document Type: Article

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