Natural history of postoperative heart block in congenital heart disease: Implications for pacing intervention

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-604

  Gross, Gil J ^a,b,c   Chiu, Christine C ^a   Hamilton, Robert M ^a,b,c   Kirsh, Joel A ^a,c   Stephenson, Elizabeth A ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Heart block; Heart surgery; Permanent pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENCE RISK; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33645964265     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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