Successful treatment of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy with LVAD in a 12-year-old boy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages e5-

  Tatewaki, Hideki ^b   Masuda, Munetaka ^a   Nishida, Takahiro ^b   Kaji, Yoshikazu ^b   Ushinohama, Hiroya ^b   Morita, Shigeki ^b   Yasui, Hisataka ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22544443610     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.023     Document Type: Article

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