Long term management of atrial arrhythmias in young patients with sick sinus syndrome undergoing early operation to correct congenital heart disease

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Drago, Fabrizio ^a   Silvetti, Massimo Stefano ^a   Grutter, Giorgia ^a   De Santis, Antonella ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial tachyarrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Fontan; Mustard; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIOVERSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART DEATH; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSTARD OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745597605     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul069     Document Type: Article

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