Resynchronization Therapy after Congenital Heart Surgery to Improve Left Ventricular Function

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2042-2044

  Roofthooft, Marcus T R ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a   Rijlaarsdam, Marry E B ^a   Bökenkamp, Regina ^a   Ottenkamp, Jaap ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Hazekamp, Mark G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Congestive heart failure; Infant; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0142074199     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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