Permanent epicardial pacing in pediatric patients: Seventeen years of experience and 1200 outpatient visits

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2585-2590

  Cohen, Mitchell I ^a,b   Bush, David M ^a   Vetter, Victoria L ^a   Tanel, Ronn E ^a   Wieand, Tammy S ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a   Rhodes, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Pacemakers; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

LEAD; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0035967479     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.21.2585     Document Type: Article

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