New onset arrhythmias after the extracardiac conduit fontan operation compared with the intraatrial lateral tunnel procedure: Early and midterm results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1979-1988

  Nürnberg, Jan Hendrik ^a,c   Ovroutski, Stanislav ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^b   Ewert, Peter ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Lange, Peter E ^a  

^a Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Links der Weser   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 4143106355     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.107     Document Type: Article

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