Long-term follow up of children with congenital complete atrioventricular block and the impact of pacemaker therapy

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-349

  Balmer, Christian ^a   Fasnacht, M ^a   Rahn, M ^b   Molinari, L ^a   Bauersfeld, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart block; Lupus erythematosus; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036822064     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0266     Document Type: Article

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