Mechano-electrical interaction late after fontan operation: Relation between P-wave duration and dispersion, right atrial size, and atrial arrhythmias

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2319-2325

  Wong, Tom ^a,b   Davlouros, Periklis A ^a,c   Li, Wei ^a   Millington Sanders, Catherine ^a,b   Francis, Darrel P ^a,b   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Fontan procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 2542455717     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000129766.18065.DC     Document Type: Article

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