Arrhythmias Late after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: A Japanese Multicenter Study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Nakazawa, Makoto ^a   Shinohara, Tokuko ^b   Sasaki, Akihito ^b   Echigo, Shigeyuki ^b   Kado, Hideaki ^b   Niwa, Koichiro ^b   Oyama, Kotaro ^b   Yokota, Michio ^b   Iwamoto, Mari ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial tachyarrhythmias; Complete AV block; Postoperative arrhythmia; Tetralogy of Fallot; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1042302830     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.126     Document Type: Article

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