Nonthoracotomy Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation in a 2-Year-Old Infant With Long QT Syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Schreiber, Christian ^a   Kostolny, Martin ^a   Eicken, Andreas ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTUBATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RESUSCITATION; THORACOTOMY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 33646851064     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.039     Document Type: Article

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