Electrophysiological Characteristics of Fetal Atrioventricular Block

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Cuneo, Bettina F ^b   Strasburger, Janette F ^c   Huhta, James C ^d   Gotteiner, Nina L ^e   Wakai, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Heart Institute for Children   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 37449029307     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.06.060     Document Type: Article

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