Successful use of a transvenous dual-chamber automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator after a classic fontan operation for tricuspid atresia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1449-1451

  Lopez, J Alberto ^a,b   Mihalick, Michael ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator; Fontan operation; Tricuspid atresia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PACING; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ATRESIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33845645071     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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