Atrial arrhythmias in congenital heart disease

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 459-468

  Balaji, Seshadri ^a   Harris, Louise ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DOFETILIDE; FLECAINIDE; IBUTILIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG TOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCAR; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0036696573     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(02)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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