Outcome of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adults with congenital heart disease: A multi-centre study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1854-1861

  Yap, Sing Chien ^a   Roos Hesselink, Jolien W ^a   Hoendermis, Elke S ^b   Budts, Werner ^c   Vliegen, Hubert W ^d   Mulder, Barbara J M ^e,f   Van Dijk, Arie P J ^g   Schalij, Martin J ^d   Drenthen, Willem ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Congenital heart disease; Implantable defibrillators; Sudden cardiac death; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547818717     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl306     Document Type: Article

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