Impact of arrhythmias on health-related quality of life in adults with congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-631

  Irtel, Thiemo A ^a   Vetter, Christian ^a   Stuber, Thomas ^a   Kuemin, Alexa ^a   Heimes, Thilo ^a   Pfammater, Jean Pierre ^a   Tüller, David ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

24 hour monitoring; Echocardiography; Exercise testing; Tetralogy of Fallot; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 28644438058     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105001812     Document Type: Article

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