Arrhythmias in adult congenital heart disease

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-95

  Khairy, Paul ^a   Dore, Annie ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a   Poirier, Nancy ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Mercier, Lise Andrée ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Atrioventricular block; Dysfunction; Intra atrial re entrant tachycardia; Sinus node; Sudden death; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 33646239170     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.4.1.83     Document Type: Review

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