Serial assessment of variability in heart rate in children with the Fontan circulation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-503

  Rydberg, Annika ^a,c   Wiklund, Urban ^a   Rask, Peter ^b   Hörnsten, Rolf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Division of Paediatrics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Sinus node dysfunction; Total cavopulmonary connection

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 27744556347     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110500137X     Document Type: Article

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