Use of electrophysiologic testing to assess risk in children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 248-252

  Dubin, Anne M ^a,c   Collins, Kathryn K ^b   Chiesa, Nancy ^b   Hanisch, Debra ^a   Van Hare, George F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Invasive studies; Stratification of risk; Wolff Parkinson White

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; STRATIFICATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0036579968     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000549     Document Type: Article

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