Improvement of left ventricular function after changing the pacing site in a child with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block and dilated cardiomyopathy

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-89

  Takasugi, H ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Ono, Y ^a   Echigo, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital complete atrioventricular block; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Interventricular aynchrony; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial scintigraphy; Pacemaker implantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; NEWBORN; HEART BLOCK; HEART STROKE VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 17844396922     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-003-0661-6     Document Type: Article

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