Timing of removal of pacing wires following paediatric cardiac surgery

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-516

  Jowett, Victoria ^a,b   Hayes, Nicholas ^a   Sridharan, Shankar ^b   Rees, Philip ^b   Macrae, Duncan ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Children; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX DRAINAGE;

CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35948940376     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001035     Document Type: Article

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