Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Single Center Experience

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-51

  Dore, Annie ^a   Santagata, Patrizia ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a   Mercier, Lise Andrée ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Defibrillators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORTALITY; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 1642520649     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00384.x     Document Type: Review

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