Autonomic profile and arrhythmic risk stratification after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 985-989

  Folino, Antonio Franco ^a   Russo, Giulia ^a   Bauce, Barbara ^a   Mazzotti, Elisa ^a   Daliento, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 10644228505     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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