Long-Term Follow-Up After Pacemaker Implantation in Neonates and Infants

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1420-1423

  Aellig, Natalie C ^a   Balmer, Christian ^a   Dodge Khatami, Ali ^a   Rahn, Mariette ^a   Prêtre, René ^a   Bauersfeld, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947311104     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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