Frequency of Spontaneous Ventricular Tachycardia in a Pediatric Population

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 852-854

  Roggen, Annique ^a   Pavlovic, Mladen ^a   Pfammatter, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40049106538     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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