Arrhythmia and Conduction Disturbances in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease during Pregnancy - Multicenter Study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 992-997

  Tateno, Shigeru ^a   Niwa, Koichiro ^a,e   Nakazawa, Makoto ^b   Akagi, Teiji ^c   Shinohara, Tokuko ^b   Yasuda, Toshiaki ^d  

^a Chiba Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e CHIBA CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Low birthweight infants; Polysplenia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CARTEOLOL; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; PILSICAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0345168953     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.992     Document Type: Article

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