Arrhythmias in patients with surgically treated atrial septal defects

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 175-178

  Berger, Felix ^a   Vogel, Michael ^c   Kretschmar, Oliver ^b   Dave, Hitendu ^b   Prêtre, René ^b   Dodge Khatami, Ali ^b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Kinderherz Praxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; CHD; Prognosis; Septal defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17644364091     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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