Use of the implantable loop recorder in children and adolescents

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-578

  Gass, Matthias ^a   Apitz, Christian ^a   Salehi Gilani, Schahriar ^a   Ziemer, Gerhard ^a   Hofbeck, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Implantable loop recorder; Paediatric; Syncope; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECORDER; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33751218892     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951106001156     Document Type: Article

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