The role of concomitant arrhythmia surgery in patients undergoing repair of congenital heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Deal, Barbara J ^a,b   Mavroudis, Constantine ^a   Backer, Carl L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial reentry tachycardia; Congenital heart disease; Device therapy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 38449086668     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.00947.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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