Congenital cardiac surgery without routine placement of wires for temporary pacing

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Fishberger, Steven B ^a   Rossi, Anthony F ^a   Bolivar, Juan M ^a   Lopez, Leo ^a   Hannan, Robert I ^a   Burke, Redmond P ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac pacing; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38949185266     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001424     Document Type: Article

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