Predictors of Atrial Arrhythmias After Device Closure of Secundum Type Atrial Septal Defects in Adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 683-687

  Silversides, Candice K ^a,b   Haberer, Kym ^a,b   Siu, Samuel C ^a,b   Webb, Gary D ^a,b,c   Benson, Lee N ^a,b   McLaughlin, Peter R ^a,b   Harris, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; AGE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 41949111442     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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